Background
Lenz, Maurice was born on March 23, 1890 in Kovno, Russia. Son of Doctor Benjamin and Minna (Idelson) Lenz.
Lenz, Maurice was born on March 23, 1890 in Kovno, Russia. Son of Doctor Benjamin and Minna (Idelson) Lenz.
Born in Kovno, Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania), Lenz studied at New York University and Bellevue Medical College, and received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1913.
He was a professor of radiation oncology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, a past president of the American Radium Society and held many other clinical and administrative roles throughout a long career in medicine. According to the Columbia University Health Sciences Library archivist Stephen C. Novak:
Lenz served in the United States. Army Medical Corps, as a lieutenant in general medical practice, during World War I. Following the war, he studied in Europe at Freiburg University in Germany and completed a fellowship in radiation therapy at the Curie Institute in Paris, France where he established personal friendships with famous researchers in radiation, including Claudius Regaud, Octave Monod, François Baclesse and Antoine Lacassagne. Returning to the United States in 1925, Lenz served as director of radiotherapy at the Montefiore Hospital in New York City until 1930.
As a visiting professor of the World Health Organization in 1959, Lenz visited countries throughout Asia and the Soviet Union.
Despite his retirement from the practice of medicine, Doctor Lenz continued his studies with research fellowships, at the Curie Institute and in ovarian cancer with the Radiumhemmet in Stockholm, Sweden.
Served as Lieutenant Medical Corps, United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow section radiology Royal Society Medical (honorary), Society Radiology Terrarum Septentrienalium (honorary). Member New York Academy of Medicine, Medical Society Company New York, New York Roentgen Ray Society, American Medical Association, Radiological Society North.A., American Radium Society (president), American College Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, American Association Cancer Research, New York City Cancer Commission, Harvey Society, Saint Louis Medical Society (honorary), Sociedad Venezelana de Radiologia (foreign correspondent.
Married Anna M. Malmberg, March 10, 1917. Children: Robert M., Benjamin North. Intern Lebanon Hospital.