Background

Brecher, Edward Moritz was born on July 20, 1911 in Minneapolis. Son of Hans and Rhodessa (Roston) Brecher.

Education

Student, University Wisconsin Experimental College, 1928-1930;Bachelor magna cum laude, Swarthmore College, 1932;Master of Arts, University of Minnesota, 1934;postgraduate, Brown U., 1934-1935.

Career

Writer Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, Chicago, 1936-1937. Research supervisor United States Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1938-1941. Research supervisor, assistant to chairman Federal Communications Commission, Washington, 1941-1946.

Associate editor Consumer Reports, New York City, 1947-1951. Editor Technology Assistance Administration, United Nations, 1951-1952. Free lance writer, from 1952.

Lecturer on sex research and illicit drugs various colleges and medical schools, from 1969. Member ad hoc committee Treatment and Prevention of Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse, Washington, 1970. Consultant to Ford Foundation, 1975-1977, Kinsey Institute, 1986-1987.

Works

Works Gallery

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  • Licit and Illicit Drugs; The Consumers Union Report on Narcotics, Stimulants, Depressants, Inhalants, Hallucinogens, and Marijuana - Including Caffei

    (This book includes chapters under the headings of: 1) The...)

  • Licit and Illicit Drugs

    (There are two slight rips at the top and bottom inside th...)

  • The Sex Researchers

    (Sex Researchers, The, by Brecher, Edward M.)

  • The Consumers Union Report on Smoking and the Public Interest,

    (Smoking kills)

  • Licit And Illicit Drugs; the Consumers Union Report on Narcotics, Stimulants, Depressants, Inhalants, Hallucinogens, And Marijuana - Including Caffeine, Nicotine And Alcohol

    (Used Book)

  • How to get the most out of medical and hospital benefit plans: a program for labor and management;: The rising cost of medical and hospital care and its relation to the quantity and quality of care
  • THE CONSUMERS UNION REPORT ON SMOKING AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST "Brecher
  • An Analysis of Human Sexual Response
  • An Analysis Od Human Sexual Response
  • An Analysis of Human Sexual Response
  • An Analysis of Human Sexual Response
  • An Analysis of Human Sexual Response (Inscribed & Signed By Editor Edward Breche
  • The Rays: A History of Radiology in the United States and Canada
  • Rays: A History of Radiology in the United States and Canada
  • The Sex Researchers, foreword by Masters & Johnson
  • The Sex Researchers. Foreword by William H. Masters & Virginia E. Johnson.
  • Health care in correctional institutions (Prescriptive package - National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice)
  • Love, Sex, and Aging: A Consumers Union Report
  • Love, Sex, and Aging: A Consumers Union Report by Brecher, Edward (1986) Paperback
  • An Analysis of Human Sexual Response.
  • The Sex Researchers. Foreword by William H. Masters & Virginia E. Johnson.
  • Treatment programs for sex offenders (Prescriptive package - National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice)

• Other Work

  • Author: (with Ruth E. Brecher) Medical and Hospital Benefit Plans, 1961, (with Ruth E. Brecher and others) Consumers Union Report on Smoking and the Public Interest, 1963, (with Ruth E. Brecher) An Analysis of Human Sexual Response, 1966, The Rays: A History of Radiology in the United States and Canada, 1968, The Sex Researchers, 1969, expanded edit, 1979, Licit and Illicit Drugs, 1972, Methadone Treatment Manual, 1973, Health Care in Correctional Institutions, 1975, Treatment Programs for Sex Offenders, 1977, Love, Sex, and Aging: A Consumers Union Report, 1984. Appeared in lead role Ripple of Time, 1974, Les Amies, 1978.

Membership

Justice of peace Town of Cornwall, Connecticut, from 1966, member board finance 1963-1974, member board assessors, 1974-1978. Fellow Science Society Study of Sex. Member National Association Science Writers, Yelping Hill Association.

Connections

Married Ruth Ernestine Cook Stilson, December 27, 1941 (deceased 1966). Children– William Earl, John Samuel, Jeremy Hans.

father:

Hans Brecher

mother:

Rhodessa (Roston) Brecher

spouse:

Ruth Ernestine Cook Stilson

children:

William Earl Brecher

John Samuel Brecher

Jeremy Hans Brecher