Bert Alfred Kanwit

Background

Kanwit, Bert Alfred was born on October 8, 1916 in Lynbrook, New York, United States. Son of Harris M. and Dorothy (Adrians) Kanwit.

Education

AB, University of Michigan, 1937; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1941.

Career

Surgeon, instructor anatomy & surgery University Washington School Medicine, Seattle, 1950-1953. Chief surgery Allegheny Memorial Hospital, Covington, Virginia, 1953-1957. Surgeon, then chief surgery Vassar Hospital, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1957-1988.

President medical staff Allegheny Memorial Hospital, 1970-1972.

Achievements

• Bert Alfred Kanwit has been listed as a noteworthy surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Board Education, Arlington, New York, 1979-1984. Lieutenant commander United States Navy, 1941-1945. Fellow American College Surgeons (president upstate chapter 1979-1980).

Member Mid-Hudson Surgical Society (president 1972-1975).

Interests

• Avocations: playing piano, reading, skiing, working out, writing.

Connections

Married Martha Ellen Grawols, August 29, 1942 (divorced 1967). Children: Glen, John, Betsy, Marianna, Thomas. Married Janet Heim, 1970.

1 child, Dana.