Jerome Seymour Menaker

Background

Menaker, Jerome Seymour was born on January 12, 1916 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Max Bernard and Sara (Horowitz) Menaker.

Education

AB magna cum laude, Duke University, 1937. Doctor of Medicine magna cum laude, Georgetown University, 1941.

Career

Instructor University Kansas School Medicine, Kansas City, 1949-1955, assistant clinical professor, 1955-1970, clinical professor, since 1970. Chief of obstetrics-gynecology St. Joseph Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas, 1949-1961. Director obstetrics-gynecology Boothe Memorial Hospital, 1950-1980.

Chief of obstetrics-gynecology Sedgwick County Hospital, 1951-1970, Wesley Medical Center, Wichita, 1955-1978. Gynecological consultant Strategic Air Command McConnell Air Force Base, Wichita, Kansas.

Achievements

• Jerome Seymour Menaker has been listed as a noteworthy obstetrician-gynecologist, surgeon, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director, vice president Wichita Symphony Society, 1951-1966. Director, president Family Consultation Service, Wichita, 1960-1972. Chairman Israel Bonds, Wichita, 1961-1963.

Chairman United Jewish Appeal, Wichita, 1966-1969. Lieutenant Colonel United States Army, 1941-1949, PTO. Fellow American College of Surgeons, International College Surgeons, American College Obstetrics-gynecology (founder, chairman Maternal Welfare Committee 1960-1964), American Menopause Society (founder).

Interests

• Travel, civil war history, golf, tennis, snorkling.

Connections

Married Thelma Elayne Kornfeld, August 14, 1943. Children: Michael B., Howard H.

Father:

Max Bernard Menaker

Mother:

Sara (Horowitz) Menaker

Spouse:

Thelma Elayne Kornfeld

child:

Michael B. Menaker

child:

Howard H. Menaker