Background
Shapiro, Gilbert Lawrence was born on June 14, 1931 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Samuel and Freda (Meyer) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Gilbert Lawrence was born on June 14, 1931 in Lewiston, Maine, United States. Son of Samuel and Freda (Meyer) Shapiro.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1953; Doctor of Medicine, Tufts U., 1957.
Private practice orthopaedic surgery, New Bedford, Massachusetts, since 1963.
Board of directors NBIS Savings Bank, New Bedford, 1982-1995. Trustee St. Luke'sHosp., New Bedford, 1989-1996. President of the board of trustees.
Pilgrim Healthcare (health maintenance organization ), Norwell, Maryland., 1991-1995, Old Dartmouth History Society (whaling music), New Bedford, 1991-1995. Trustee Southcoast Health Sys., since 1996. Co-president of the board Harvard-Pilgrim Health Care, 1996, chair finance committee, since 1996, board of directors, since 1997.
Member American College of Surgeons, American Academy Orthopaedic Surgeons, New England Orthopaedic Society (president 1988-1990), Eastern Orthopaedic Society.
Married Frima Lee Goldman, August 28, 1955. Children: Beth S. Lewyckyi, Karen S. Goldaber, Ruth A.