Background
Taubenhaus, Leon Jair was born on December 29, 1912 in Newark, Delaware, United States. Son of Jacob Joseph and Esther (Hirshenson) Taubenhaus.
Taubenhaus, Leon Jair was born on December 29, 1912 in Newark, Delaware, United States. Son of Jacob Joseph and Esther (Hirshenson) Taubenhaus.
Bachelor of Arts, Rice Institute, 1933. Doctor of Medicine Tulane University, 1937. Master of Public Health, Harvard, 1955.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Massachusetts College Optometry, 1967.
; children—Jair T. Pruitt, Marsha R. Married second, Barbara B. Alpern, September 6, 1969. Intern, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, 1937-1939.
Resident in surgery Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1939-1940. Private practice medicine, 1945-1954.
Public health physician Massachusetts Department Public Health, 1955-1957.
Director public health Brookline (Massachusetts) Health Department, 1957-1964. Associate in preventive medicine Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, 1959-1968. Associate staff in medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1962-1968.
Deputy superintendent for ambulatory services Boston City Hospital, 1964-1966.
Deputy commissioner for community health services Boston Department Health and Hospitals, 1966-1968. Director community health services Beekman-Downtown Hospital, New York City, 1968-1973.
Lecturer public health Harvard School Public Health, Boston, 1955-1964. Assistant clinical professor public health School Dental Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, 1960-1962, lecturer preventive medicine School Medicine, 1964-1968.
Lecturer public health administration Florence Heller Graduate School for Advanced Studies in Social Welfare, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1961-1968.
Clinical professor preventive medicine Boston University School Medicine, 1964-1968. Lecturer preventive medicine Harvard, 1964-1968. Lecturer public health and administrative medicine Columbia School Public Health and Administrative Medicine, 1969-1973.
Member public education committee National Foundation for Kidney Disease, 1962-1964. Member day care center advising committee Massachusetts Department Public Health, 1962-1964. Member aging subcommittee Massachusetts Task Force on Mental Health, 1964.
Member commission on nursing homes Massachusetts Hospital Association, 1965.
Member Massachusetts Legislation Study Commision on Dental Health of Children, 1967, on Multiphasic Screening, 1968. Member personal health services committee New York City Comprehensive Health Planning Agency, 1973.
Member emergency services advising committee New York Regional Medical Programs, 1972. Member drug survey advising committee Archeus Foundation, 1972.
Member program and budget committee Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association New York, 1972-1973.
Served from Lieutenant (junior grade) to lieutenant commander Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve, 1941-1945. Diplomate American Board Preventive Medicine. Fellow American Public Health Association, American College Preventive Medicine (commission on continuing education 1971).
Member of the American Medical Association, New York State (commission on hospital and professional relations 1971-1973), New York County (public Health committee 1970-1973) medical societies, Association Teachers Preventive Medicine, American Geriatrics Society, Royal Society Health (London), American Association Public Health Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Emergency Physicians (charter, director 1972-1973, secretary-treasurer New York State chapter 1972-1973, chairman commission on teaching hospitals 1971-1972, commission on educational materials 1973, consultant editor journal 1972-1973), Industrial Medical Association, American Medical Writers Association, Society for Total Emergency Programs (director 1973), Greater New York Hospital assosiation, New York Chamber of Commerce (member commission on health and welfare 1971), New York Association for Ambulatory Care (president 1972-1973), Massachusetts Health Officers Association (honorary life), Brookline Dental Society (honorary).
Married Marjorie Polon, November 18, 1944 (divorced 1966). Married second, Barbara B. Alpern, September 6, 1969. Children: Jair T. Pruitt, Marsha R.