Background
Gelb, Lester Arnold was born on August 4, 1920 in New Haven. Son of Louis Arnold and Sara (Ballam) Gelb.
Gelb, Lester Arnold was born on August 4, 1920 in New Haven. Son of Louis Arnold and Sara (Ballam) Gelb.
Master of Arts, New York University, 1942; Doctor of Medicine, Downstate College Medicine, Brooklyn, 1947.
Director mental health division, International Center for the Disabled, New York City, 1950-1960; clinical director department psychiatry, Community Mental Health Center, Brooklyn, 1960-1977; associate director department psychiatry, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1967-1987; consultant emeritus department psychiatry, Maimonides Medical Center, since 1987.
Captain United States Army, 1953-1956. Fellow American Academy Psychoanalysis. Member American Psychiatric Association (life), New York Academy of Sciences (emeritus).
Married Lia Ruber, August 3, 1945. Children: Daniel, Judith Gelb Fisher.