Background
Lief, Harold Isaiah was born on December 29, 1917 in New York City. Son of Jacob F. and Mollie (Filler) Lief.
Lief, Harold Isaiah was born on December 29, 1917 in New York City. Son of Jacob F. and Mollie (Filler) Lief.
Bachelor, University Michigan, 1938. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1942. Certified in psychoanalysis, Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1950.
Master of Arts (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1971.
Intern, Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, New York, 1942-1943; resident in psychiatry, Long Island College Medicine, 1946-1948; private practice, New York City, 1948-1951; assistant physician, Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, 1949-1951; assistant professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1951-1954; associate professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1954-1960; professor psychiatry, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1960-1967; professor psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1967-1982; professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, since 1982; director division family study, University of Pennsylvania, 1967-1981; director, Marriage Council of Philadelphia, 1969-1981; director, Center for Study of Sex. Education in Medicine, 1968-1982; member of staff, University of Pennsylvania Hospital, 1967-1981; member of staff, Pennsylvania Hospital, since 1981; clinical professor psychiatry, Jefferson Medical U., since 1994.
Member Louisiana State Commission Civil Rights, 1958—1967. Board directors, chairman Center for Sexuality and Religion, 1988—2001. Member advisory board False Memory Syndrome Foundation, from 1992.
Fellow Philadelphia College Physicians, American Psychiatric Association (50 year distinguished life), New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Psychoanalysis (charter, past president), American College Psychiatrists (founding), American College Psychoanalysts (charter). Member American Medical Association, Sex Information and Education Council United States (past president), Group Advancement Psychiatry (life), American Psychosomatic Society, Association Psychoanalytic Medicine (life), American Psychoanalytic Association (life), International Psychoanalytic Association, International Academy Sex Research, Science Society Study of Sex, American Society Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists, Society Sex Therapists and Researcher, World Association Sexology (past vice president), Society Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (advisory board), Pennsylvania Medical Society, Philadelphia Medical Society, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society, Columbia Club, Michigan Club of Greater Philadelphia, Penn Club of New York, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Eta Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Theodora Cohen, 1946 (divorced 1959). Children: Polly Lief Goldberg, Jonathan F. Married Myrtis A. Brumfield, March 3, 1961.
Children: Caleb B., Frederick V., Oliver F.
