Leo G. Doerfler

Background

Doerfler, Leo G. was born on June 25, 1919 in New York City. Son of Gustav S. and Anna (Steiner) Doerfler.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1939; Master of Science, Washington University, St. Louis, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1948.

Career

Teacher- psychologist Iowa School Deaf, Council Bluffs, 1941-1943. Instructor audiology Northwestern University, 1946-1948. Chief department audiology-speech pathology Latrobe Area Hospital, from 1976.

Professor audiology emeritus (School Medicine). Director doctoral program bioacoustics University Pittsburgh, 1948-1976. Director department audiology Eye and Ear Hospital, Pittsburgh, 1948-1976.

President Westmoreland Hearing Associates. Chairman board Audiology Cooperative. Consultant in field, since 1946, National Institute Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke.

Achievements

• Leo G. Doerfler has been listed as a noteworthy Audiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Cerebral Palsy Association Pittsburgh, since 1958. Served with Army of the United States, World World War World War II. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Speech and Hearing Association (president 1967).

Member American Industrial Hygiene Association (commission on noise), Industrial Medical Association (commission on noise), American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology (commission on hearing and equilibrium), American Board Examiners in Speech Pathology and Audiology (president 1960), Academy Dispensing Audiologists (president 1978-1979), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Alice Laura Turechek, December 19, 1943. Children– Dennis Lee, Donald Lee, David Lee, Ann Laura.

Father:

Gustav S. Doerfler

Mother:

Anna (Steiner) Doerfler

Spouse:

Alice Laura Turechek

child:

Ann Laura Doerfler

child:

David Lee Doerfler

child:

Donald Lee Doerfler

child:

Dennis Lee Doerfler