Background
Leck, Ian Maxwell was born on February 14, 1931 in Coventry, England. Son of Arthur Simpson and Margaret Mortimer (Jagger) Leck.
Leck, Ian Maxwell was born on February 14, 1931 in Coventry, England. Son of Arthur Simpson and Margaret Mortimer (Jagger) Leck.
Bachelor of Medicine ChB, University Birmingham, England, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Birmingham, England, 1961. Doctor of Science, University Birmingham, England, 1983.
House officer Walsall General Hospital, England, 1954—1955. Research fellow University Birmingham, England, 1957—1959, lecturer social medicine England, 1959—1966. Senior lecturer community medicine University College Hospital Medical School, 1966—1971.
Reader University Manchester, 1971—1978, professor, 1979—1991, professor emeritus, since 1991. Special consultant United States Public Health Service, 1964—1968. Associate editor Teratology: the Journal of Abnormal Development, 1972—1980.
Member editorial board Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 1978—1992, Journal Medical Screening, 2001—2006. Cap. Royal Army Medical Corps., 1955-1957.
Honorary secretary Church Together in Oxfordshire, 2000—2005. Methodist; local preacher, since 1955. Fellow: Royal College Physicians London (Milroy Lecturer 1993), Faculty Public Health.
Member: Society Social Medicine (secretary 1993-1995).
Married Ann Patricia Sarson, July 25, 1959. Children: Susan Margaret, Christopher James, Patricia Mary, Jonathan Peter.