Background
Berry, George Packer was born on December 29, 1898 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of George Titus and Carrie Electa (Packer) Berry.
Berry, George Packer was born on December 29, 1898 in Troy, New York, United States. Son of George Titus and Carrie Electa (Packer) Berry.
AB with highest honors, Princeton University, 1921. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1925. AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1949.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Union College, 1950. Doctor of Science (honorary), Princeton University, 1951. Doctor of Science (honorary), Harvard University, 1954.
Doctor of Science (honorary), New York University, 1955. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Rochester, 1955. Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, 1963.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), Dartmouth, 1965. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Tufts University, 1952.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jefferson Medical College, 1955. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Brandeis University, 1964. Doctor of Laws, Hobart and William Smith College, 1949.
Doctor of Laws, University California, 1966. Doctor of Laws, Loyola University, 1966. MSD, Brown University, 1969.
Resident house officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1925-1927;
assistant resident physician in medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1927-1928;
instructor in medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1928-1929;
assistant, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1929-1931;
associate, Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, 1931-1932;
professor bacteriology, head of department, associate professor medicine, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1932-1949;
assistant dean, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1941-1947;
associate dean, U. Rochester School Medicine and Dentistry, 1947-1949;
dean of faculty and dean, Harvard Medical School, 1949-1965;
professor bacteriology, Harvard Medical School, 1949-1965;
professor emeritus bacteriology, Harvard Medical School, 1965-1986;
president, Harvard Medical Center, 1956-1965;
special consultant to president, Princeton, 1966-1986. Consultant medical research and education Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1957-1968. Member of advisory committee Massachusetts Dept.Pub.
Health, 1957-1968; consultant medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1963.
Chairman advisory council department biological, member graduate council Princeton, 1941-1956. Educational consultant Council Rochester Regional Hospitals, 1946-1949. Board directors Josiah Macy Foundation, 1943-1965, National Health Council, 1956-1957.
Trustee American University Beirut, 1952-1986. Charter trustee Princeton, 1956-1986. Member medical school grants advisory committee Ford Foundation, 1956-1957.
Vice president Sex Information and Education Council of the United States, 1964-1986. Trustee Worcester Foundation Experimental Biology, 1965-1968. Member advisory committee education VA, 1952-1986.
Member medical advisory committee Boston Museum of Science, 1952-1986. Member science advisory committee Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 1956-1968. Member advisory medical board American Hospital Paris, 1961-1968.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1953. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, Rochester Museum Arts and Sciences. Member Johns Hopkins Medical Association, American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Medical Colleges (chairman committee research and education 1947-1961, member executive council 1947-1952, pres 1951-1952), Harvey Society New York, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Society of America Bacteriologists (chairman Center New York branch 1934-1935, member council 1935-1940), Boylston Medical Society (trustee 1961-1962), American Association Immunologists (council 1938-1945, president 1939-1940), American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists, American Association History Medicine, Sons of the American Revolution, Century Association of New York, Princeton Club (New York ), Newcomen Society, Fortnightly Club, Genesee Valley Club, Harvard Club of Boston, Martha's Vineyard Club, New York Club, Aesculapian, Roxbury Clinical Record, St. Botolph, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Kappa Pi Eta.
Married Elizabeth L'Estrange Duncan, July 10, 1923 (deceased March 1926). Children: Caroline Elizabeth (Mistress Cloyd Laporte), Mary.