Background
Goldwater, Leonard John was born on January 15, 1903 in New York City. Son of Abraham Lincoln and Belle (Delmar) Goldwater.
Goldwater, Leonard John was born on January 15, 1903 in New York City. Son of Abraham Lincoln and Belle (Delmar) Goldwater.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1924; Doctor of Medicine New York University, 1928; Doctor of Medical Science, New York University, 1936; Master of Science in Public Health, Columbia University, 1941.
Intern and resident physician, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1929-1932;
instructor medicine, New York University College Medicine, 1932-1936;
senior industrial hygiene physicians, New York Department Labor, New York City, 1936-1938;
instructor and assistant professor preventive medicine, New York University College Medicine, 1938-1941;
associate professor, New York University College Medicine, 1946;
professor industrial hygiene, Columbia University School Public Health, 1946-1952;
professor occupational medicine, Columbia University School Public Health, 1952-1968;
emeritus, Columbia University School Public Health, from 1969;
special lecturer, Columbia University School Public Health, from 1969. Consultant Office Vocational Rehabilitation, Department Health, Edition and Welfare, 1952-1960. Social and occupational health World Health Organization, 1951-1977, Atomic Energy Commission, 1947-1948.
Harben lecturer Royal Institute Public Health and Hygiene, London, 1964. Director Interuniversity Consortium for Environmental Studies, from 1971. Consultant industrial hygiene physician New York Department Labor, 1954-1968.
Correspondent commission on occupational health and safety International Labor Organization. Visiting scholar Duke U. Medical Center, 1967-1969, professor, 1970-1972, professor emeritus, from 1983, consultant, from 1973. Visiting professor U. North Carolina School Public Health, 1970-1972, Adjunct Professor, 1973-1988.
PraelectorSt. Andrews U., Scotland, 1966. Member North Carolina State Water Quality Council, 1975-1978.
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Trustee Village of Irvington, New York, 1958 -60, 61-63. Served with Medical Corps United States Navy, 1941-1946, PTO. Fellow American Occupational Medical Association (William Son of Knudsen award 1980), New York Academy Medicine, American Public Health Association, American Academy Occupational Medicine (president 1959, Robert A. Kehoe award of merit 1975), Royal Institute Public Health and Hygiene (honorary). Member American Industrial Hygiene Association, Sigma Xi, Nu Sigma Nu, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Margaret F. Jones, 1978.