Background
II, Edwin Milton Lerner, was born on August 14, 1919 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Came to the United States, 1924. Son of Alexander and Jeanette Elinor L.
II, Edwin Milton Lerner, was born on August 14, 1919 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Came to the United States, 1924. Son of Alexander and Jeanette Elinor L.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1944.
House officer, chief resident pathologist, Children's Hospital, Boston, 1944-1946;
assistant bacteriology & immunology, Harvard Medical School, 1945;
Ernst Memorial fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1947-1948;
Milton fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1948-1949;
Research fellow bacteriology & immunology, Harvard Medical School, 1950;
chief resident pathologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1950;
senior pathologist, acting chief of pathology, United States Army Chemical Corps Biological laboratories, 1951-1954;
consultant, United States Army Chemical Corps Biological laboratories, 1954-1955;
pathologist, senior investigator National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service, 1954-1969;
head experimental pathology section, head pathology & transplantation immunity section United States Environmental Control Administration, chief Research and Development, assistant to associate commissioner, United States Public Health Service, 1969-1971;
retired, United States Public Health Service, 1971;
president, science director, Leonard Wood Memorial American Leprosy Foundation, 1971-1982;
senior medical consultant Life Sciences Research Office, Federation American Socs. Experimental Biology, Bethesda, Maryland., since 1982. Visiting professor microbiology George Washington University School of Medicine, 1969-1971, research professor microbiology, 1971-1981.
Consultant, member project advisory group epidemiology & toxicology United States Food & Drug Administration, 1974-1980. Trustee American Leprosy Foundation, 1971-1983. Consultant steering committee Joint Senate-House Committee Atomic Energy, 1960-1961.
National consultant microbiology to surgeon general United States Air Force, 1962-1970. Consultant Institute Microbiology, Rutgers University, 1962-1978, New York City Department Health, 1967-1970, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, 1970-1972, advising committee leprosy PAHO/World Health Organization, 1971-1974. Consultant tropical health Government of Philippines, 1974-1982.
Consultant National Cancer Institute, 1982-1987, Washington Hospital Center,1982-1992.
With Army of the United States, PTO, 1943-1947, captain United States Air Force Reserve. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (senior member editorial board Science and The Science Monthly 1953-1966). Member American Society Microbiology, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Pathologists, American Association Immunologists (membership committee 1965-1970), Clinico-Pathological Society Washington, Harvard Club, Cosmos Club, West River Sailing Club (Maryland).