Background
Schwartz, Irving Leon was born on December 25, 1918 in Cedarhurst, New York, United States. Son of Abraham and Rose (Doniger) Schwartz.
educator internist research scientist
Schwartz, Irving Leon was born on December 25, 1918 in Cedarhurst, New York, United States. Son of Abraham and Rose (Doniger) Schwartz.
AB, Columbia University, 1939. Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1943.
Intern, then assistant resident, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1943-1944, 46-47; National Institutes of Health fellow physiology, New York University College Medicine, New York City, 1947-1950; American Physiological Society Porter fellow, also Gibbs memorial fellow in clinical science, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1950-1951; American Heart Association fellow, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1951-1952; assistant, then associate, Rockefeller Institute, New York City, 1952-1958; assistant physician, then associate physician, Rockefeller Institute Hospital, New York City, 1950-1958; senior scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1958-1961; research collaborator, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, since 1961; attending physician, Brookhaven National Laboratory Hospital, Upton, New York, 1958-1997; Joseph Eichberg professor physiology, director Department, University Cincinnati College Medicine, 1961-1965; dean graduate faculties, Mount Sinai Medical and Graduate Schools, CUNY, 1965-1980; professor physiology and biophysics, department chairman, Mount Sinai Medical and Graduate Schools, CUNY, 1968-1979; Executive officer biomedical science doctoral program, Mount Sinai Medical and Graduate Schools, CUNY, 1969-1972; Doctor Harold and Golden Lamport distinguished professor, Mount Sinai Medical and Graduate Schools, CUNY, 1979-1998; director Center Peptide and Membrane Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1979-1987; dean emeritus, Mount Sinai Graduate School Biological Sciences, since 1980.
President Life Sciences Foundation, 1962-1998, president emeritus, since 1998. Served from 1st lieutenant to captain, Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Fellow American College of Physicians.
Member American Physiological Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Federation Clinical Research, Biophysics Society, Endocrine Society, Aspberger International Foundation (board member), Harvey Society, Society for Neurosci., American Heart Association, John Jay Associates Columbia College, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, New York Academy Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Felice T. Nlerenberg, January 12, 1946. Children: Cornelia Ann, Albert Anthony, James Oliver.