Background
Kessler, Henry H. was born on April 10, 1896 in Newark. Son of Simon and Bertha (Portugese) Kessler.
Kessler, Henry H. was born on April 10, 1896 in Newark. Son of Simon and Bertha (Portugese) Kessler.
AB, Cornell University, 1916. Doctor of Medicine, Cornell University, 1919. AM, Columbia University, 1932.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1934.
Practice as orthopedic surgeon, Newark, from 1920;
attending orthopedic surgeon, Newark City Hospital
attending orthopedic surgeon, Newark Beth Israel
attending orthopedic surgeon, Hospital for Crippled Children
attending orthopedic surgeon, Hasbrouck (New Jersey) Hospital. Consultant to United Nations on rehabilitation facilities in Yugoslavia, 1951, Indonesia, 1954, Philippines, 1955-1956. Consultant to International Society for Welfare of Cripples on rehabilitation facilities in South Africa, 1955.
Survey on rehabilitation needs and facilities in foreign countries, 1947-1953. Delegate ty President of the United States to International Congress of Industrial Accidents in Budapest, 1928, Geneva, 1931, Brussels, 1935, Frankfort, 1938. Member New Jersey Rehabilitation Commission.
Hungarian lecturer, London, 1935.
(Peter Stuyvesant And His New York, by Kessler, Henry H. A...)
Past president International Society for Welfare of Cripples. Director Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation Lieutenant Commander from 1936. On active duty from 1941, in South Pacific, 1943.
Formerly captain United States Naval Reserve serving as chief, amputation center, United States Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California. Fellow American College of Surgeons, American Public Health Association, American Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, American Medical Association, International College Surgeons (Speidel award 1956). Member Masons.
Married Jessie Winnick, December 25, 1918. Children: Sanford, Jerome, Joan.