Background
Dorn, Harold Fred was born on July 30, 1906 in Tompkins County, New York, United States. Son of Fred E. and Minnie Elizabeth (Miller) Dorn.
Dorn, Harold Fred was born on July 30, 1906 in Tompkins County, New York, United States. Son of Fred E. and Minnie Elizabeth (Miller) Dorn.
Bachelor of Science, Cornell Univercity, 1929, Master of Science, 1930. Doctor of Philisophy, University of Wisconsin, 1933. Student, Miami University, 1931-1932.
University of Chicago, summer, 1933.
University College, London, 1933-1934.
Research analyst, Federal Emergency Relief Administration, West.P.A., 1934-1935. Staff member, commission on population problems, National Resources Committee, 1936. Statistician, United States Public Health Service, since 1936.
Cutter lecturer preventive medicine Harvard University, since 1959.
Delaware to International Union for the Scientific Investigation of Population Problems, Paris, 1937. Member, United States Committee on Joint Causes of Death, 1946-1948.
Delegate to the International Conference for the 6th Decennial Revision of the International List of Causes of Death, Paris, 1948. Interagency Committee on Medical Records, United States Government (chairman since 1946), Technology Advisory Committee on Population for the 1950 Census.
Member, United States National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics.
Served as lieutenant colonel, Medical Administrative Corps, director, medical statistics division, Office of the Surgeon-General, United States Army, 1943-1946. Fellow American Public Health Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Statistical Association. Member American Association Cancer Research, American Sociological Society, Population Association American (president), International Union Against Cancer (general secretary), American Eugenics Society, Washington Academy Sciences, American Cancer Society (science advisory council 1956-1962), Washington Statistical Society (president), Social Science Research Council, International Population Union, Public Health Cancer Association, American Society Human Genetics, American Epidemiological Society, Alpha Zeta, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Celia Camine, June 25, 1932. Children: Eleanor Louise, Patricia Elizabeth.