Background
Faber, Harold Kniest was born on June 19, 1884 in Westfield, New York, United States. Son of William Frederic and Dorothea Jeannette (Kniest) Faber.
Faber, Harold Kniest was born on June 19, 1884 in Westfield, New York, United States. Son of William Frederic and Dorothea Jeannette (Kniest) Faber.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1906. Doctor of Medicine University of Michigan, 1911.
Resident pathologist, Babies Hospital, New York, 1913-1914. Fellow Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1914-1915. With Stanford University School of Medicine since 1915, professor of pediatrics, 1923-1949, emeritus.
Pediatrician-in-chief Stanford University Hospital, San Francisco, 1919-1949, director poliomyelitis research, 1949-1959.
Research grantee of National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1939-1953. Medical director Stanford Convalescent Home, 1923-1956.
Captain, Medical Corps, A.U.S., 1918-1919.
Member American Medical Association, American Pediatric Society (president 1946-1947), Society Pediatric Research, American Academy Pediatrics, Society Experimental Biological and Medical, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi. Clubs: University, Golf (San Francisco).
Married Mary Eleanor Kehoe, February 3, 1916.