Background
Zippin, Calvin was born on July 17, 1926 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Samuel and Jennie (Perkel) Zippin.
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Calvin Zippin
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AB magna cum laude, State University of New York, Albany, 1947; Doctor of Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1953.
Career
Research assistant, Sterling-Winthrop Research Institute, Rensselaer, New York, 1947-1950;
instructor biostatistics, School Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 1953-1955;
assistant to full research biostatistician School Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1955-1967;
assistant professor preventive medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 1958-1960;
professor epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco, 1967-1991;
professor emeritus, University of California, San Francisco, since 1991. Visiting associate professor statistics Stanford University, 1962. Advisory World Health Organization, since 1969.
Vis research worker Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London, 1975. Various committees American Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute, since 1956. Faculty adviser Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, India, since 1983.
Consultant, lecturer, visiting professor infield.
Achievements
Membership
Member, alternate member Democratic Control Committee, Marin County, California, 1987-1996. Fellow American Statistical Association, American College Epidemiology, Royal Statistical Society Great Britain. Member Biometric Society (member international county 1978-1981, pres.Western North America region 1979-1980), California Cancer Registrars Association (honorary), International Association Cancer Registries (honorary), B'nai B'rith (president Golden Gate lodge 1970-1971, president Greater San Francisco Bay area county 1974-1975), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Delta Omega.
Connections
Married Patricia Jayne Schubert, February 9,1964. Children: David Benjamin, Jennifer Dorothy.
