Background
Leaf, Alexander was born on April 10, 1920 in Yokohama, Japan. Arrived in the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1936. Son of Aaron L. and Dora (Hural) Leaf.
epidemiologist preventive medicine physician
Leaf, Alexander was born on April 10, 1920 in Yokohama, Japan. Arrived in the United States, 1922, naturalized, 1936. Son of Aaron L. and Dora (Hural) Leaf.
Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1940. Doctor of Medicine, University Michigan, 1943. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1961.
Intern Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1943—1944, member staff, since 1949, physician-in-chief, 1966—1981. Resident Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 1944—1945. Research fellow University Michigan, 1947—1949.
Practice internal medicine Boston, 1949—1990. Faculty Medical School, Harvard, 1949—1966, Jackson professor clinical medicine, 1966—1981, Ridley Watts professor preventive medicine, 1980—1990, chairman department preventive medicine and clinical epidemiology, 1980—1990, Jackson professor clinical medicine emeritus, since 1990. Distinguished physician Veterans Administration Medical Center Brockton/W. Roxbury Hospitals, Boston, 1992—1997.
Captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1945-1946.
Master: American College of Physicians. Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member: National Academy of Sciences, International Society Nephrology (A.M. Richards award 1997), Association American Physicians (Kober medal 1995), Biophysics Society, American Physiological Society, American Society Clinical Investigation (past president), Institute Medicine.
Married Barbara Louise Kincaid, October 1943. Children: Caroline Joan, Rebecca Louise, Tamara Jean.