Background
Leggo, Christopher was born on January 23, 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of William and C. Mary (Waugh) Leggo. came to the United States, 1919, naturalized, 1928.
Leggo, Christopher was born on January 23, 1897 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of William and C. Mary (Waugh) Leggo. came to the United States, 1919, naturalized, 1928.
Doctor of Medicine, CM, McGill University, 1919; postgraduate, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 1936-1937.
Intern, Alameda County Hospital, Oakland, California, 1919;
resident in medicine, Barlow Sanitarium, Los Angeles, 1920;
resident in medicine, University of California Hospital, San Francisco, 1921;
surgeon, Providence Hospital, Oakland, 1922;
private practice medicine, Suisun-Fairfield, California, 1923-1928;
surgeon, San Francisco Emergency Hospital Svc., 1929;
medical director, California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation, Ltd., Crockett, California, 1930-1954;
medical director, Eastman Kodak Processing Laboratory, Palo Alto, California, 1954-1958;
medical officer, California State Pers. Board, from 1958;
associate clinical professor preventive medicine, Stanford University, 1954-1958. Director industrial hygiene Ohio Department Health, 1943-1945.
Medical director Tenn-Eastman Corporation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1945-1946. Consultant occupational diseases, California State Board Health, 1939-1942.
Surgical (R.) United States Public Health Service, 1942-1945. On staff joint task forces, radiological safety section, Bikini, 1946. Fellow Industrial Medical Association (past council), American College Preventive Medicine.
Member Western Industrial Medical Association (past president), California Medical Association (past chairman committee industrial health), Sacramento Medical Society, Ramazzini Society, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Helen Elizabeth Thum, March 4, 1926. Children: Helen, Christopher.