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.
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Alexander Leaf
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Alexander LEAF, American physician. staff since 1949, Physician-in-Chief 1966-1981, Physician; Faculty, Medical School, Harvard University since 1949, Jackson; N.A.S., American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American College, of Physicians, The Biochemical Society (United Kingdom), Institute of Medicine 1978 et cetera
Education
Bachelor of Science, University Washington, 1940; Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1943; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1961.
Career
He also contributed significantly to establishing the relationship between longer, hotter summers and outbreaks of infectious diseases like malaria in regions previously unaffected by them. Alexander Leaf was born Alexander Livshiz on April 10, 1920, in Yokohama, Japan. His family had fled there after the Bolshevik Revolution.
The family name was changed when they emigrated to Seattle in 1922.
After graduating from University of Washington as a chemistry major in 1940, Doctor Leaf received his medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1943, completing his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1944 to 1946. Doctor Leaf contributed significantly to the understanding of the causes of heart disease through his research on how sodium and potassium pass through cell walls.
He was chief of medical services at Massachusetts General Hospital from 1966 to 1981. In 1972, he became one of the first practicing physicians ever elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Achievements
Membership
Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1945-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member NAS, American College of Physicians (master), Institute Medicine, American Society Clinical Investigation (past president), American Physiological Society, Biophysics Society, Association American Physicians (Kober medal 1995), International Society Nephrology (A.M. Richards award 1997).
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Connections
Married Barbara Louise Kincaid, October 1943. Children— Caroline Joan, Rebecca Louise, Tamara Jean.
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Nationality
American
Education
Awards
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Recipient Outstanding Achievement award, University Minnesota, 1964. Fellow Visiting fellow, Balliol College, England, 1971-1972, Guggenheim, 1971-1972.Recipient Outstanding Achievement award, University Minnesota, 1964. Fellow Visiting fellow, Balliol College, England, 1971-1972, Guggenheim, 1971-1972.