Background
Forbes, Gilbert Burnett was born on November 9, 1915 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Gilbert DeLeverance and Lillian Augusta (Burnett) Forbes.
(Man has always been curious about himself, a curiosity th...)
Man has always been curious about himself, a curiosity that began centuries ago with an examination of the soul, and that extended in the period of the Renaissance to his anatomy and certain functions such as the circulation of the blood. Chemical science entered the scene in the 18th century, and burst into prominence in the 19th century. As the various chemical elements were discovered, many were found to be present in body fluids and tissues. Organic compounds were recognized; it became known that body heat was produced by the combustion of food; chemical transformations such as the production of fat from carbohydrate were recognized; and in the 1850s it was determined that young animals differed from adults in certain aspects of body composition. As methods for chemical analysis evolved, they were applied to samples of body fluids and tissues, and it became apparent that life depended on chemical normality; and most importantly it was realized that given the necessary amount of food and water the body had the ability to maintain a degree of constancy of what Claude Bernard called the milieu interieur, in other words its interior chemical en vironment.
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Forbes, Gilbert Burnett was born on November 9, 1915 in Rochester, New York, United States. Son of Gilbert DeLeverance and Lillian Augusta (Burnett) Forbes.
Bachelor of Arts, University Rochester, 1936; Doctor of Medicine, University Rochester, 1940.
Intern, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, 1940-1941;
resident, St. Louis Children's Hospital, 1941-1943;
practice medicine, specializing in pediatrics, Los Alamos, 1946-1947;
instructor pediatrics, School Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1943-1946;
assistant professor, School Medicine, Washington University, 1947-1950;
professor pediatrics, department chairman, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, 1950-1953;
associate professor pediatrics, School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1953-1957;
professor, School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1957-1968;
professor pediatrics, professor radiation biology, School Medicine, U. Rochester, since 1968;
Alumni Distinguished Service professor pediatrics, School Medicine, U. Rochester, since 1978;
chairman faculty council, School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1969-1970;
acting co-department chairman pediatrics, School Medicine, U. Rochester, 1974-1976. Consultant National Institute Child Health and Human Development. Member science advising committee Nutrition Foundation, 1963-1966.
Member National Council on Radiation Protection. Member committee infant nutrition, committee dietary allowances National Research Council, 1960-1963. Visiting research fellow U. Oxford, England, 1970-1971.
(Man has always been curious about himself, a curiosity th...)
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Pediatric Society (council, vice president 1975-1976, John Howland award 1992), Society Pediatric Research (past president), American Academy Pediatrics (committee on nutrition 1974-1980), Monroe County Medical Society, University Rochester Medical Alumni Association (past president, Gold medal 1982), Rotary, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Theta Chi.
Married Grace Moehlman, July 8, 1939. Children: Constance Ann (Mistress Joseph F. Citro), Susan Young (Mistress William A. Martin).