Background
Jacoby, George Alonzo was born on September 20, 1932 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of George Alonzo and Ruth Bookwalter (Burtner) Jacoby.
Jacoby, George Alonzo was born on September 20, 1932 in Bronxville, New York, United States. Son of George Alonzo and Ruth Bookwalter (Burtner) Jacoby.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1958.
Intern, assistant resident in medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1958-1960. Research associate National Institute Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, Bethesda, Maryland, 1960-1962. Postdoctoral fellow National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, England, 1963.
Resident in medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1964. Research fellow in bacteriology and immunology Harvard Medical School, 1965-1968. From assistant in medicine to physician Massachusetts General Hospital, 1968-1998.
From instructor to associate professor medicine Harvard Medical School, since 1968. Head infectious disease section Lahey Clinic, Burlington, 1993—2001. Chairman infection control committee Vencor Boston North Shore, Peabody, Massachusetts, 1994-2002, Veterans Administration Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts, 1994-2001.
Sa surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1060—1962, Bethesda, Maryland.
Consultant Institute Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, 1991, Food Advisory Committee, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, 1994. Member American Society for Microbiology (editor, committee member since 1968), Infectious Diseases Society of America (committee member since 1975), Massachusetts Medical Society, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.
Married Ann Freeman Austin, September 1958 (divorced 1968). Children: Gregory Austin, Douglas Burtner, Alison Freeman. Married Lee Breckenridge, April 30, 1969.
Children: Robert Breckenridge, Sarah Hieatt.