Background
Liebow, Averill Abraham was born on March 31, 1911 in Austria. Son of Charles and Emma (Wagner) Liebow.
Liebow, Averill Abraham was born on March 31, 1911 in Austria. Son of Charles and Emma (Wagner) Liebow.
Came to the United States, 1920, naturalized, 1926. Bachelor of Science, College City New York, 1931. Doctor of Medicine Yale, 1935.
House officer pathology Yale, 1935-1937, Charles Linnaeus Ives fellow pathology, 1936-1937, faculty School Medicine, 1937-1968, professor pathology, 1951-1957. John Ely professor pathology, 1957-1968. Professor, department chairman pathology University of California San Diego, La Jolla, 1968-1977, professor emeritus, 1977-1978.
House officer pathology New Haven Hospital, 1937-1937. Pathologist Meriden (Connecticut) Hospital, 1937-1942. Chairman committee pathology National Research Council, 1958-1963.
Expert committee cancer World Health Organization, 1958-1978. National Academy Science-National Research Council advising committee to Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission, 1956-1963. Member pathology study section United States Public Health Service, 1960-1964, member heart program-project committee, 1964-1968, member cardiopulmonary advising committee National Institutes of Health.
Member pathology advisory council VA Central Office. Member Joint Common for Investigation Effects of Atomic Bomb in Japan, 1945-1946. Consultant Surgeon General, Armed Forces Institute Pathology, 1947-1978.
Member pathology study section United States Public Health Service, 1960-1964. Member pathology advisory council VA Central Office. Member Joint Common for Investigation Effects of Atomic Bomb in Japan, 1945-1946.
Served from captain lieutenant colonel, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member International Academy Pathology (president 1953-1954), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Carolyn Booth Gott, February 16, 1946. Children: Paul Averill, Milton Charles, Robert Everton.