Background
Curran, Jean Alonzo was born on January 12, 1893 in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles William and Emma Florence (Conley) Curran.
Curran, Jean Alonzo was born on January 12, 1893 in Ironwood, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles William and Emma Florence (Conley) Curran.
Bachelor of Arts, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 1916, Doctor of Laws, 1951. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1921.
Intern, Brooklyn Hospital, 1921-1923. Medical missionary American Board Mission Hospital, Fenchow, Shansi and Tungchow, Chili, China, 1923-1930. Instructor medicine New York University College of Medicine, Cornell Medical College, 1931-1933.
Executive New York Committee on Study Hospital Internships and Residencies, 1934-1937.
Dean Long Island College Medicine, 1937-1942, president, 1942-1951. Dean State University of New York College Medicine at New York City, 1951-1954, professor of history medicine, 1954-1963, emeritus, 1963-1977.
Expert consultant Office Surgeon General, Department Army, 1948-1967. Consultant history research Harvard School Public Health.
Consultant World Health Organization, 1955-1956.
Survey medical education Philippines. Consultant Yonsei U. College Medicine and Severance Hospital, Seoul, of Korea, 1963. Trustee, senior consultant Bingham Associates Fund of Massachusetts, 1957-1977, Yonsei U. College Medicine-China Medical Board New York, 1961, 63.
Trustee North.E. Center Hospital, 1948-1977.
President Cambridge Mental Health Association, 1970-1972. Chairman Joseph Garland Memorial Fund of Boston Medical Library, 1973-1977.
Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine.
Fellow American College Physicians. Member of the American Medical Association, New York Academy of Medicine, Alpha Omega Alpha. Clubs: Harvard (Boston).
Married Frances Rose, August 5, 1923. Children: Jean Alonzo, William Sheldon, Robert Theodore.