Background
Leighton, Joseph was born on December 13, 1921 in New York City.
Leighton, Joseph was born on December 13, 1921 in New York City.
AB, Columbia University, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Long Island College Medicine, Brooklyn, 1946.
Intern, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1946-1947; resident in pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1948-1949; resident in pathology, United States Public Health Service Hospital, Baltimore, 1950; research pathologist, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1951-1956; member of faculty department pathology, U. Pittsburgh School Medicine, 1956-1970; professor pathology, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1971-1989; department chairman pathology, Medical College Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1971-1987; pathologist, Peralta Cancer Research Institute, 1989-1992; pathologist, Aeron Biotechnology Inc., San Leandro, California, since 1994.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1948-1956. Member American Association Cancer Research, American Association Pathologists, International Academy Pathology, Society for In Vitro Biology (Distinguished Lifetime Achievement award 1998).
Married Rosalind Weinberger, December 15, 1946. Children– Daniel A., Edith R.