Herbert Leroy Needleman

Background

Needleman, Herbert Leroy was born on December 13, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of J. Joseph and Sonia Rita (Shupak) Needleman.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1948; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1952.

Career

Intern, Philadelphia General Hospital, 1952-1954; resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1957-1958; chief resident in pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1958-1959; resident in psychiatry, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1962-1965; assistant professor psychiatry, Temple University Medical Center, Philadelphia, 1967-1971; special fellow in psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1967; associate professor psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1971-1981; professor psychiatry and pediatrics, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, since 1981. Consultant air lead criteria document Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1977. Editor Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, 1978.

Member of advisory commission on childhood lead poisoning prevention, 1990. Chairman development toxicology subpanel NAS, 1986.

Achievements

• Herbert Leroy Needleman has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatrist, pediatrician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Committee of Responsibility, Boston, 1966-1975, Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, Washington, 1991-1992. Board directors Massachusetts Advocacy Center, Boston, 1972-1980. Captain United States Army, 1955-1957.

Fellow American Academy Pediatrics. Member Society of Toxicology, American Pediatric Society, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Environmental Hazards, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: trout fishing, carpentry.

Connections

Married Shirley Weinstein, September 12, 1948 (divorced 1957). 1 child, Samuel; married Roberta Pizor, June 2, 1963. Children Joshua, Sara.

Father:

J. Joseph Needleman

Mother:

Sonia Rita (Shupak) Needleman

Spouse:

Roberta Pizor

Spouse:

Shirley Weinstein

child:

Samuel Needleman