Benjamin Dichter Gordon

Background

Gordon, Benjamin Dichter was born on March 4, 1927 in Brooklyn. Son of Abraham S. and Selma F. (Dichter) Gordon.

Education

AB, Amherst College, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, University Maryland, 1951.

Career

Rotating intern Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1951-1952, assistant resident in pediatrics, 1953-1954, Maimonides Hospital, Brooklyn, 1952-1953. Research fellow Irvington House, Irvington-on-Hudson, 1954-1955. Practice medicine specializing in pediatrics Stratford & Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1955-1973.

Associate attendant, emergency department Bridgeport Hospital, 1973-1978. Assistant director emergency department Danbury (Connecticut) Hospital, 1978-1982. Clinical director Union Carbide Corporation, Danbury, 1982-1987.

Medical dir Chesebrough-Ponds, Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut, 1987-1990. Assistant professor occupational medicine Yale University. Chairman Rheumatic Fever committee Connecticut State Heart Association.

Consultant to cosmetic industry and product-testing laboratories. Former attending occupational medical clinic Milton (Massachusetts) Hospital. Attending occupational medical clinic Jordan Hospital, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Consultant Clinical Research Center Cape Cod.

Achievements

• Benjamin Dichter Gordon has been listed as a noteworthy administrator, pediatrician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • "A Practical Guide For New Parents"

    (This book supplies answers to the questions my patients a...)

  • A Practical Guide For New Parents

    (My patients determined what would go into this book. It c...)

Membership

Past chairman, Board Health, Town of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Member Regional Emergency Planning Committee for Barnstable County. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1945-1946.

Fellow: American College Occupational and Environmental Medicine, American Academy Pediatricians. Member: Barnstable District Medical Society (committee on violence), Massachusetts Medical Society, Occupational Medical Association Connecticut (president 1987-1988), Fairfield County Medical Society (past chairman public health committee), Connecticut State Medical Society (past chairman community public health), Williams Club (New York City).

Interests

• Music, dance, reading, history, golf.

Connections

Married Ellen M. Nimaroff, June 10, 1951. Children: Wendy, Marcy, Amanda.

Father:

Abraham S. Gordon

Mother:

Selma F. (Dichter) Gordon

Spouse:

Ellen M. Nimaroff

child:

Amanda Gordon

child:

Marcy Gordon

child:

Wendy Gordon