Background
Malzberg, Benjamin was born on December 2, 1893 in New York City. Son of Nathan and Anna (Elson) Malzberg.
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Benjamin Malzberg
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Bachelor of Science, College City New York, 1915. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1917, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934. Fellow U. Paris, College de France, 1919-1921, Ecole d’Anthropologie, Paris, 1920, University College, London, 1921.
Career
Special investigator United States Interdeptl. Social Hygiene Board, 1919. Statistician New York State Department Social Welfare, Albany, 1923-1928, New York State Temporary Commision on Eastern State Hospital Problems, 1940-1944.
Assistant director statis bureau New York State Department Mental Hygiene, 1928-1944, director, 1944-1956, consultant, 1956-1975.
Director section demography Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Albany, New York, 1956-1964. Special statis consultant section on mentally handicapped White House Conference Child Health and Protection, 1930.
Consultant mental hygiene statistics Hospital Survey for New York, 1936, Study Negro in American, 1939-1940. Consultant National Institute Mental Health, 1949-1954.
Lecturer Summer School Alcohol Studies, Yale, Connecticut Postgraduate Seminar in Neurology and Psychiatry, Yale, also Institute American Psychiatric Association.
Member committee migration differentials Social Science Research Council.
Achievements
Membership
Member committee migration differentials Social Science Jewish religion.
Connections
Married Rose Hershberg, August 25, 1935. Children: Judith Ann, Ruth Ellen and Amy Susan (twins).
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Religion
Judaism
Awards
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Recipient American Field Service fellowship in sociology, U. Paris, 1919-1921. Grantee National Institute Mental Health, Associate fellow New York Academy of Medicine. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (honorary), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Mental Deficiency, New York Academy Sciences, American Sociological Society.tempSpaceMember Institute Mathematics Statistics, American Statistical Association (commission on institution statistics 1928-1930), Population Association American Psychometric Society, American Psychopathol. Association (life), American Society Human Genetics, Biometric Society, Sigma Xi.Recipient American Field Service fellowship in sociology, U. Paris, 1919-1921. Grantee National Institute Mental Health, Associate fellow New York Academy of Medicine. Fellow American Psychiatric Association (honorary), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Mental Deficiency, New York Academy Sciences, American Sociological Society.tempSpaceMember Institute Mathematics Statistics, American Statistical Association (commission on institution statistics 1928-1930), Population Association American Psychometric Society, American Psychopathol.
Association (life), American Society Human Genetics, Biometric Society, Sigma Xi.