Background
Hamilton, Leonard Derwent was born on May 7, 1921 in Manchester, England. Came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1964. Son of Jacob and Sara (Sandelson) Hamilton.
Hamilton, Leonard Derwent was born on May 7, 1921 in Manchester, England. Came to the United States, 1949, naturalized, 1964. Son of Jacob and Sara (Sandelson) Hamilton.
Bachelor, Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1943. Bachelor of Medicine, Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1945. Master of Arts, Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1946.
DM, Balliol College, Oxford University, England, 1951. Master of Arts, Trinity College, Cambridge University, England, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Trinity College, Cambridge University, England, 1952.
United States Public Health Service research fellow, U. Utah, 1949-1950;
staff, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1950-1979;
head isotope studies section, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1957-1964;
associate scientist, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York City, 1965-1979;
staff, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1950-1965;
faculty Sloan-Kettering division Graduate School Medical Sciences, Cornell Univercity, 1956-1964;
senior scientist, head division microbiology, Medical Research Center Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1964-1976;
head biomedical and environmental assessment division, Office. Environmental Policy Analysis, 1973-1994. Attending physician Hospital Medical Research Center, 1964-1985.
Director World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Assessment of Health and Environmental Effects of EnergySystems, 1983-1997, World Health Organization focal point on health and environmental effects of energy systems and member expert advisory panel on environmental hazards, since 1983;professor medicine Health Science Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, since 1968. Adjunct Professor biometry and epidemiology Medical University of Southern California, Charleston, since 1996. Consultant Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Center Disease Control, National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, epidemiology study of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, 1978-1988.
Visiting fellow St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford, 1972-1973. International panel experts onfossil fuel United Nations Environment Programme, 1978, panel on nuclear energy,1978-1979, panel on renewable sources and comparative assessment of different sources, 1980. Committee member National Academy Science-National Research Council, Washington, 1975-1980.
Member New York City Mayor's Technology Advisory Committee on Radiation, 1963-1977, New York City Commissioner of Health Technology Advisory Committee on Radiation, since 1978. Energy panelWHO Commision on Health & Environment, 1990-1991. Member Interant. Expert Group 3, Comparative Environmental and Health Effects of Different Energy Systems for Electricity Generation, 1990-1991.
Senior expert Symposium on Electricity and the Environmental, Helsinki, Finland, 1991.
Member American Medical Association, American Association Cancer Research, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society for Investigative Pathology, Society for Risk Analysis, Harvey Society, International Society Environmental Epidemiology, Cosmos Club (Washington).
Married Ann Twynam Blake, July 20, 1945. Children: Jane Derwent, Stephen David, Robin Michael.