Background
LESSA, Gustavo de Sá was born on September 9, 1888 in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
LESSA, Gustavo de Sá was born on September 9, 1888 in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Further studies in School of Hygiene and Public Health of Johns Hopkins University, Harvard School of Public Health, Washington University (Saint Louis).
Professor; assistant director of department, 1930. Professor, of epidemiology, medical school, University do Brasil, 1926. Professor, of comparative edn., Escola Normal, Rio de Janeiro.
Chief, child welfare division, ministry of edn., 1941-1944. Doctor of Medicine, University do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro.
Member: Associaçào Brasileira de Educaçâo (director), Society Capistrano de Abreu, American Public Health Association, Progressive Education Association, Brazil-United States Institute (board member).