Background
Gentzkow, Cleon Joseph was born on January 1, 1891 in Minneiska, Minnesota, United States. Son of William and Clara (Schneider) Gentzkow.
Gentzkow, Cleon Joseph was born on January 1, 1891 in Minneiska, Minnesota, United States. Son of William and Clara (Schneider) Gentzkow.
Student, Minnesota State Teachers College, Winona, 1905-1909; Doctor of Medicine with distinction, George Washington University, 1915; Doctor of Philosophy in Biology and Public Health, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1929; graduate advanced course, Medical Field Service School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1935.
Teacher, public schools, Gilbert, Minnesota, September 1909-February 1910; associate with, Census Bureau, Washington, 1910-1912; laboratory undergraduate intern, Garfield Memorial Hospital, Washington, 1912-1915; resident, Columbia Hospital for Women, Washington, 1915-1917; commissioned First lieutenant, Medical Secretary, O.R.C., July 10, 1917; called to active duty, July 20, 1917; advanced through grades to colonel, Army of the United States, 1942; colonel, Resident Advisor, 1943; surgeon, 5th Ammunition Train, 5th Division, Advertising Educational Foundation, France and Army of Occupation, Luxembourg, 1918-1919; chief laboratory service, Base Hospital, Camp Pontenezon, Brest, France, 1919; stationed at, Station Hospital and 3d Army Laboratory, Coblenz, Germany, 1919-1921; stationed at, Station Hospital, Camp Grant, Illinois, 1921; commanding officer, 5th Corps Area Laboratory, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and Columbus, Ohio., 1921-1924; on duty with, 8th Corps Area Laboratory chief Laboratory Service, Station Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1924-1927; chief Laboratory Service, Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, 1929-1931; chief division chemistry and physics, Army Medical School, Washington, 1932-1936; chief division chemistry and physics, Medical Field Service School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1935; guest worker, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, February-July 1936; member, Army Medical Research Board, Ancon, Canal Zone, 1936-1938; president, Army Medical Research Board, Ancon, Canal Zone, 1938-1939; chief division chemistry and physics, Army Medical School, 1939-1942; director department preventive medicine and clinical pathology, Army Medical School, 1942; commanding officer, Deshon General Hospital, Butler, Pennsylvania, 1942-1946; commanding officer, Valley Forge General Hospital, 1946-1948; retired, United States Army, 1948; director bureau laboratories, Pennsylvania Department Health, from 1949.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Medical Association, American Public Health Association, American Association Public Health Physicians (charter member), Association State and Territorial Public Health Laboratory Directors (president 1954-1956), Pennsylvania Association Clinical Pathologists, Comité International de la Lysotpie de Bactéries Entériques, Rotary, Phi Chi, Delta Omega, Sigma Xi.
Married Marguerite Hampton, November 29, 1917.