Background
Bess, Harold Leon was born on October 25, 1924 in Atlantic City. Son of Edward and Lillian (Rubenstein) Bess.
Bess, Harold Leon was born on October 25, 1924 in Atlantic City. Son of Edward and Lillian (Rubenstein) Bess.
AB magna cum laude, Rutgers University, 1950;
Doctor of Osteopathy, University of California, Irvine, 1954.
Intern, Massachusetts Osteopathic Hospital, Boston, 1954-1955;
resident, Bristol (Pennsylvania) General Hospital, 1955-1957;
department chairman general practice, Delaware Valley Hospital, Bristol, 1968-1974;
chairman utilization committee, chief of staff, director medical education, Delaware Valley Hospital, Bristol, 1971-1974;
president of the board directors, Delaware Valley Hospital, Bristol, 1976-1977;
president of the board directors Exit Drug Treatment Center, Delaware Valley Hospital, Bristol, 1976-1978;
medical director, Half-Life Bess Neuromuscular Pain Clinical, Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1985-1992. Lecturer on thermography with attention to neck and low back injuries.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Fellow Academy Psychosomatic Medicine (certified). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy Thermology (certified), Royal Society Medicine, International Association for Study of Pain, American Pain Society, American Association Orthopaedic Medicine, American College Neuropsychiatry, International Society Comprehensive Medicine, American Osteopathic Association, American College of General Practice in Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (certified), Academy of Neuro-Muscular Thermography (certified), American Osteopathic Academy of Sports Medicine, International Rehabilitation Medicine Association, American College Medicine, Canada Pain Society, People to People Pain Management to Soviet Union, Intractable Pain Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, International Society General Semantics, Institute General Semantics, International Society Transactional Psychiatry, Bucks County Osteopathic Society (secretary-treasurer 1959-1962), Masons, Phi Sigma Gamma.
Married Elaine Sabott, August 22, 1948. Children: Alan, Ronald, Barbara.