Background
BENDITT, Earl Philip. M.D. was born on April 15, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton Benditt and Sarah (Schoenfeld) Benditt.
BENDITT, Earl Philip. M.D. was born on April 15, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Milton Benditt and Sarah (Schoenfeld) Benditt.
Bachelor of Arts, Swarthmore College, 1937; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1941.
Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1941-1943;
resident pathology, University of Chicago Clinics, 1944;
member of faculty, University of Chicago Medical School, 1945-1957;
associate professor pathology, University of Chicago Medical School, 1952-1957;
assistant director research, LaRabida Children's Sanitarium, Chicago, 1950-1956;
professor pathology, U. Washington School Medicine, 1957-1986;
professor emeritus, U. Washington School Medicine, 1986-1996;
department chairman, U. Washington School Medicine, 1957-1981. Member science advisory board St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Consultant United States Public Health Service-National Institutes of Health, 1957-1980.
Commonwealth Fund fellow, visiting professor Sir William Dunn School Pathology, U. Oxford, England, 1965, Macy faculty scholar, 1979-1980, Litchfield lecturer, 1980. Chairman of the Board science counselors advising committee National Institute.Environ. Health Sciences, 1976-1979, 83-87, council member, 1971-1974.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Society Experimental Pathology (council 1971-1977, secretary treasurer 1972-1973, president 1975-1976), National Academy of Sciences, American Society Pathologists and Bacteriologists (council 1972-1977), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Cell Biology, American Society Biological Chemists, Histochem. Society (president 1963-1964), Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Marcella Wexler, February 18, 1945. Children: John, Alan, Joshua, Charles.