Background
Sandson, John I. was born on September 20, 1927 in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham and Dora (Whitman) Sandson.
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John I. Sandson
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Education
Bachelor of Science, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1949; Doctor of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, 1953.
Career
Resident in internal medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, 1953-1956; chief resident, Bronx (New York) Municipal Hospital Center, 1956-1957; from instructor to professor medicine, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1957-1974; from assistant to associate dean, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1969-1974; medical director, Hospital Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1969-1974; professor medicine, Boston University, since 1974; dean School Medicine, Boston University, 1974-1988; dean emeritus, Boston University, since 1988. Member Massachusetts Health Coordinating Committee, Boston, 1984-1987.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee University Hospital, Boston, 1974-1988, Louis E. Wolfson Foundation, Boston, since 1984, Whitaker Health Science Fund, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1991. President Massachusetts chapter Arthritis Foundation, 1990-1991, chairman, 1991-1993. Served with United States Army, 1946-1947.
Fellow American Rheumatism Association (founding). Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science (study group project on liberal education in science 1987-1990), American Society for Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society, Massachusetts Society Medical Research (president Waltham 1987-1991, chairman-elect 1991, chairman since 1993), Alzheimer's Disease and Related Diseases Association (board directors 1989-1991), Alpha Omega Alpha, Saint Botolph Club (Boston).
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Married Hannah E. Ney, June 17, 1957. Children: Jennifer, Thomas.
