Background
Tenenbaum, Joseph was born on May 22, 1887 in Sassow, Poland. Son of Berish Bienstock and Rebeka (Tenenbaum) Tenenbaum.
Tenenbaum, Joseph was born on May 22, 1887 in Sassow, Poland. Son of Berish Bienstock and Rebeka (Tenenbaum) Tenenbaum.
Student of University of Vienna, 1908-1911. Doctor of Medicine, University of Lwow, 1914.
Came to United States, 1920, naturalized, 1926. Captain Medical Corps Austrian Army, World War. Delegate Peace Conference, Paris, 1919.
Attending urologist and surgeon, Goldwater Memorial Hospital, and Neurol Hospital, Welfare Island, New York, from 1925, then consultant. Associate surgeon Beth Israel Hospital, New York City, from 1930, now consultant. Attending urologist Israel-Zion Hospital, Brooklyn, from 1925, then consultant.
Instructor in urology, Columbia College, 1922-1924. Chairman medical board, Workmen’s Circle, fraternity organization.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, New York Academy of Medicine, American Urological assosiation, New York and Brooklyn urological societies, American Academy Political and Social Science. Member of New York County Medical Society, American Medical Association, New York State Medical Society (medical secretary), American Jewish Congress (chairman executive committee 1929-1936, vice president 1945). Member 1944; member World Jewish Congress (executive committee), American Hebrew-Speaking Medical Association (past president), Jewish Academy Arts and Sciences.
President Polish Physicians Alliance. Member American-Jewish Physicians Committee (board directors). Member.; Mason.; Club: Jewish Writers.
Married Otilia John, September 21, 1914.; married second, Sheila Schwartz, January 23, 1943. Children: Edward, Bertrand, Robert.