Background
Kean, Benjamin Harrison was born on December 2, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harrison and Tillie (Rhodes) Kean.
Kean, Benjamin Harrison was born on December 2, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harrison and Tillie (Rhodes) Kean.
Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1933; Doctor of Medicine Columbia, 1937.
Intern Gorgas Hospital, Canal Zone, 1937-1939. Private practice medicine New York City, 1946-1993. Clinical professor emeritus tropical medicine and public health Cornell University Medical College.
Attending physician New York hospitals. Director parasitology laboratory New York Hospital. Member science advisory committee tropical diseases program World Health Organization, 1978-1980.
Medical consultant General Motors, International Travelers Health Institute.
Served to lieutenant colonel Medical Corps, Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians, College American Pathologists. Member American Medical Association, Royal Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, American Society Clinical Pathology, American, New York societies tropical medicine, American Association Pathology and Bacteriology.
Married Collette B. Touey, December 26, 1975.