Background
Rosen, George was born on June 23, 1910 in New York City. Son of Morris and Rose (Hendleman) Rosen.
Rosen, George was born on June 23, 1910 in New York City. Son of Morris and Rose (Hendleman) Rosen.
Bachelor of Science City College of New York, 1930. Doctor of Medicine, University Berlin, 1935. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1944, Master of Public Health, 1947.
Intern, Beth-El Hospital, Brooklyn, 1935-1936. Practice medicine, New York City, 1937-1942. Health officer New York City Health Department, 1947-1949.
Director Bureau Public Health Education, 1949-1950.
Associate medical director Health Insurance Plan Greater New York, 1950-1957. Lecturer health education School Public Health Columbia University, 1949-1950, professor 1951-1969.
Professor of history medicine and epidemiology, public health Yale University, 1969-1977. Visiting lecturer Medical Care, Harvard School Public Health, 1956-1960.
Victor Robinson Memorial lecturer Temple University, 1958, Fielding H. Garrison lecturer, 1961.
Beaumont lecturer Yale University, 1962. Benjamin Rush lecturer American Psychiatric Association, 1967. Richard H. Shryock lecturer University of Pennsylvania, 1975.
Consultant National Institutes of Health, 1959-1964.
Member medical advisory board Sidney Hillman Health Center.
Served to major as medical intelligence officer, Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member American Public Health Association, American Association History Medicine (William H. Welch medal 1961), American Sociological Association, New York Academy of Medicine.
Married Beate Caspari, July 6, 1933. Children: Paul Peter, Susan Joan.