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physician

Leon Banov, Polish physician. Recipient Service to Mankind award Sertoma International, 1961, Citizens award Station WCSC-television, 1966, James A. Hayne award South Carolina. Public Health Association, 1970; named Man of Year, Charleston Rotary Club, 1970. Diplomate American Board Preventive Medicine.

Background

Banov, Leon was born on July 5, 1888 in Suwalki, Poland. Son of Alexander and Sonia (Danielewicz) Banov.

Education

Doctor of Medicine Medical University of Southern California.

Career

Operator Pharmacy, Charleston, South Carolina., 1909-1912. Assistant bacteriologist City of Charleston, 1913-1918, chief food inspector, 1918-1920, health officer, 1926-1936. Health officer Charleston County, 1920-1936, director health, 1936-1962, special consultant, 1962-1971.

Instructor pharmaceutical Latin and arithmetic, commercial pharmacy School Pharmacy, Medical College South Carolina., 1913-1917, instructor bacteriology, 1917-1918. Assistant professor public health and preventive medicine Medical University of Southern California, 1920-1926, associate professor, 1926-1946, professor, 1946-1962, professor emeritus, 1962-1971. Special consultant div. chronic diseases United States Public Health Service, 1950-1962, special consultant on prevention accidental poisoning, 1962-1971.

Special consultant public health administration South Carolina. Board Health, 1962-1971. Executive secretary Charleston County Tuberculosis Association, 1925.

Works

  • Other Work

    • Author: As I Recall—The Story of the Charleston County Health Department, 1971.

Membership

Fellow American Public Health Association, American College Preventive Medicine. Member of the American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, American Association Public Health Physicians, International Society Medical Health Officers (past president), Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Minnie Monash, October 8, 1912. Children: Leon, Morton Ira, Roslyn Desiree (Mistress.

Father:
Alexander Banov

Mother:
Sonia (Danielewicz) Banov

Spouse:
Minnie Monash

child:
Leon Banov

child:
Morton Ira Banov

child:
Roslyn Desiree (Mrs Banov