Background
Shapiro, Burton Leonard was born on March 29, 1934 in New York City. Son of National Lazarus and Fay Rebecca (Gartenhouse) Shapiro.
dentist educator geneticist pathologist
Shapiro, Burton Leonard was born on March 29, 1934 in New York City. Son of National Lazarus and Fay Rebecca (Gartenhouse) Shapiro.
Student, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, 1954. Doctor of Dental Surgery, New York University, 1958. Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1962.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Minnesota, 1966.
Faculty, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, Minneapolis, since 1962; associate professor division oral pathology, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, 1966-1970; professor, chairman division oral biology, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, 1970-1979; professor, department chairman oral biology, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, 1979-1988; professor department oral pathology and genetics, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, 1979-1988; director graduate studies, member graduate faculty genetics, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, since 1966; professor department oral science, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, since 1988; member graduate faculty pathobiology, University of Minnesota School Dentistry, 1979; professor department laboratory medicine and pathology, University of Minnesota School Medicine, since 1985; member Human Genetics Institute, University of Minnesota School Medicine, since 1988; university senator, University of Minnesota School Medicine, 1968-1972, 88-93; also member medical staff, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center Executive Committee Graduate School, University of Minnesota chairman health science policy review council, University of Minnesota chairman university faculty consultative committee, University of Minnesota, 1988-1992; chairman university finance and planning committee, Graduate School University of Minnesota, 1988. Honorary research fellow Galton Laboratory department human genetics University College, London, 1974. Special visiting professor Japanese Ministry Education, Science and Culture,1983.
Served to Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1958-1960. Fellow American Academy Oral Pathology, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member International Association Dental Research (councilor 1969), American Society Human Genetics, Craniofacial Biology Society (president 1972), Sigma Xi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon.
Married Eileen Roman, August 11, 1958. Children— Norah Leah, Anne Rachael, Carla Faye.