Background
Alter, Joseph Dinsmore was born on April 19, 1923 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of David Emmet and Martha (Payne) Alter.
Alter, Joseph Dinsmore was born on April 19, 1923 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of David Emmet and Martha (Payne) Alter.
Doctor of Medicine, Hahnemann Medical College, 1950. Master in Public Health, University California, Berkeley, 1961.
Intern Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, California, 1950—1951. Member medical staff Group Health Cooperative Puget Sound, Washington, 1951—1960, chairman family practice department, 1956—1957. Field director Houses for Korea, Coordinated Community Development Project, 1953—1954.
Lecturer medical care administration School Public Health, University California, Berkeley, 1961—1962. Lecturer School Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1962—1965, assistant professor, 1965—1967. Deputy director rural health research projects, department international health School Hygiene and Public Health Narangwal Village, India, 1962—1967.
Assistant professor department international health School Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, 1965—1968. Associate professor, field professor community medicine College Medicine, University Kentucky Medical Center, 1968—1970. Medical director Pilot City Health Center, Cincinnati, 1970—1973, HealthCare of Louisville, 1973—1975.
Chief domiciliary medical service Veterans Administration Center, Dayton, Ohio, 1975—1977, associate chief staff for extended care, 1977. Professor, chairman department community medicine Wright State University School Medicine, since 1977.
Chairman Dayton regional executive committee, member national board American Friends Service Committee, 1977—1978. President board trustees Senior Citizens Center Greater Dayton, 1984—1987. Trustee Quaker Heights, Waynesville, Ohio.
Member of American Medical Association, Ohio, Montgomery County Medical Associations, Aerospace Medical Association, Gerontological Society, American College Preventive Medicine, American Academy Family Physicians, American Public Health Association.
Married Marian Elizabeth Wengert, May 31, 1946 (divorced February 1981). Children: Robert Emmet, Janet Lynn. Married Joyce Ellen Willis, April 10, 1981.
1 child Joseph Leslie.