Background
Falk, Isidore Sydney was born on September 30, 1899 in Brooklyn. Son of Samsin and Rose (Stolzberg) Falk.
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Falk, Isidore Sydney was born on September 30, 1899 in Brooklyn. Son of Samsin and Rose (Stolzberg) Falk.
Student, Sheffield Science.
Assistant department public health Yale University, 1915-1920, instructor, 1920-1923. Professor public health Yale University (School Medicine), 1961-1968, professor emeritus, adjunct lecturer, 1968-1984. Assistant professor bacteriology University of Chicago, 1923-1926, associate professor, 1926-1929, professor, 1929.
Assistant director Bureau Child Welfare, Chicago Department Health, 1926-1927.
Associate director Committee on Costs of Medical Care, 1929-1933. Research associate Milbank Memorial Fund, 1933-1936.
Staff member United States Committee on Economics Security, 1934-1935. With Division Research and Statistics, Social Security Administration, Washington, 1936-1954, director, 1940-1954.
Consultant on health services United Steelworkers of America, 1958-1980.
Private consultant on public health and social security.
Served with Army of the United States, 1918. Member government advisory committees World World War World World War World War II
Fellow American Public Health Association (Sedgwick Memorial Gold medal 1973), American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Member and officer several professional associations Research in eugenics of infant welfare, theory of microbic virulence, microbic cause of influenza, economics of medical care public health, social insurance, national health insurance group practice prepayment plans and health maintenance organizations, quality of medical care.
Married Ruth Hill, March 18, 1925 (deceased. Children: Sydney Westervelt, Stephen Ackley.