Background
Bergsma, Daniel was born on April 4, 1909 in Wallington, New Jersey, United States. Son of Chris and Henrietta (Hengeveld) Bergsma.
consultant medical foundation executive
Bergsma, Daniel was born on April 4, 1909 in Wallington, New Jersey, United States. Son of Chris and Henrietta (Hengeveld) Bergsma.
Bachelor of Arts, Oberlin College, 1932; Doctor of Medicine Yale, 1936; Master of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1946.
Chief bureau venereal disease control, New Jersey Department Health, 1940-1942; deputy director, New Jersey Department Health, 1946-1948; state commander health, New Jersey Department Health, 1948-1959; associate director medical care, National Foundation, 1959-1964; director medical department, National Foundation, 1964-1969; vice president for medical services, National Foundation, 1968-1969; director professional education department, vice president for professional education, National Foundation, 1969-1978; clinical professor pediatrics, Tufts U. School Medicine, Boston, 1975-1985.
Member Interstate San Commission, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, 1951-1959, Federal Water Pollution Control Advisory Board, 1954-1957. Conference director 2d International Conference Congenital Malformations, 1963. Former member of advisory board state officials Atomic Energy Commission.
Chairman advising committee division occupational health United States Public Health Service, 1958, past member of national research public health study section. Past president, Chairman, Board Of Directors ChristianHealth Care Center, Wyckoff, New Jersey Served from captain to colonel Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member American Social Hygiene Association (honorary life), American Management Association (past president New Jersey division), American Medical Association.
Married Nellie Dorothy Arnold, June 1937 (deceased 1987). Children: Donald Roy, Claire. Married Violet Du Bois, 1988.