Leon Orris Orris Jacobson

Background

Jacobson, Leon Orris was born on December 16, 1911 in Sims, North Dakota, United States. Son of John and R. Patrine (Johnson) Jacobson.

Education

Bachelor of Science, North Dakota State College, 1935. Honorary Doctor of Science, North Dakota State College, 1966. Doctor of Medicine, University Chicago, 1939.

Doctor of Science, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, 1972.

Career

Intern, University of Chicago, 1939-1940; assistant resident medicine, University of Chicago, 1940-1941; assistant in medicine, University of Chicago, 1941-1942; instructor, University of Chicago, 1942-1945; assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1945-1948; associate dean, division biological science, University of Chicago, 1945-1951; associate professor, University of Chicago, 1948-1951; professor medicine emeritus, University of Chicago, 1951-1992; Joseph Regenstein professor biological and medicine emeritus, University of Chicago, 1965-1992; department chairman medicine, University of Chicago, 1961-1965; dean division biological science, University of Chicago, 1966-1975; head hematology section, University of Chicago Clinics, 1951-1961; member, Institute Radiobiology and Biophysics, 1949-1954; director, Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, 1974-1977. Associate director health Plutonium project Manhattan District, 1942-1945, director health, 1945-1946. Director Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, University of Chicago, 1951-1967.

United States representative 1st and 2d United Nations Conference on Peaceful Uses Atomic Energy, Geneva, 1955, 58, World Health Organization conference Research Radiation Injury, Geneva, 1959. Cons.biology division Argonne National Laboratory. Member of advisory commission on isotope distribution Atomic Energy Commission, 1952-1956.

Member of national advising committee radiation United States Public Health Service, 1961, member committee radiation studies, consultant hematology study section. Member committee cancer diagnosis and therapy National Research Council, 1949-1955. Member board science counselor National Cancer Institute, 1963-1967.

Member of national advisory cancer council, national cancer advisory board National Institutes of Health, 1968-1972. Chairman science advisory board Council for Tobacco Research. Kennecott lecturer, 1963.

Lecturer International Society Hematology and International CongressRadiology, England, France, Norway, Sweden, 1950, 5th International Cancer Congress, Paris, 1950, International Society Hematology, Argentina, 1952, Paris, 1954, others.

Achievements

• Leon Orris Jacobson has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author book on erythropoletin. Contributor chapters on specialized items to various medical books, articles to medical journals. Book editor: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 1979-1983.

Membership

Advisory Committee on Isotope Distribution, United States Atomic Energy Commission 1952-1956, Committee Radiation Studies, United States Public Health Service 1951-1955. Expert Advisory Panel on Radiation. World Health Organization 1959; Board of Scientific.

National Advisory Cancer Council, National Instituts of Health 1968-1972.

Space Biology Advisory Sub-committee, Space Science and Applications Steering Committee, National Aeronautics and Space Administration since 1968. Many other committees, advisory councils, et cetera

North.A.S., American Academy, of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association for Cancer Research, American College, of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Nuclear Society, Association of American Physicians, et cetera Academia Nacional de Medicina de Buenos Aires, Lincoln Academy, of 111.

Interests

• Making jams and jellies from wild fruit, chemically curing hardwood, sculpting various hardwoods. Address University of Chicago Hospitals, Box 420, 5841 South Maryland, Chicago, Illinois 60637 (Office). 1755 East 55th Street, Apartment
  
  1203, Chicago, Illinois 60615, United States of America (Home).
  
  Telephone: (312) 702-6739 (Office). (312) 288-6266 (Home).

Connections

Married Elizabeth Benton, March 18, 1938 (deceased). Children: Eric Paul, Judith Ann. Married Elise Torczynski, January 20.

Father:

John Jacobson

Mother:

R. Patrine (Johnson) Jacobson

Spouse:

Elise Torczynski

Spouse:

Elizabeth Benton

child:

Judith Ann Jacobson

child:

Eric Paul Jacobson