Background
Saffron, Morris Harold was born on January 28, 1905 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Abram N. and Bertha (Feder) Saffron.
medical history educator dermatological educator
Saffron, Morris Harold was born on January 28, 1905 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Abram N. and Bertha (Feder) Saffron.
AB, Columbia University, 1925. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1967.
Doctor of Medicine, University Maryland, 1928.
Intern, St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic, 1928-1929; clinical assistant dermatology, Dispensary Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City, 1934-1938; assistant to dispensary, Postgraduate Medical School, New York City, 1938-1940; chief of dermatology, Gardiner General Hospital, Chicago, 1942; chief of dermatology, Waltham (Massachusetts) Regional Hospital, 1943-1944; consultant, Cushing General Hospital, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1943-1945; professor of history of medicine, Seton Hall U., Jersey City, 1958-1963; visiting professor department medical history, U. Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark. Adjunct Professor medical information Kean College, Union, New Jersey, 1970-1978.
Chairman Friends of Columbia Libraries, 1967-1972. Trustee New Jersey History Society, since 1970. Flight surgeon Army of the United States, 1940-1942.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army, 1940-1945. Fellow American Antiquarian Society, Morgan Library., Century Association, Grolier Club. Member American Medical Association, American Dermatology Academy, Academy Medicine New Jersey (past president, editor bulletin, honorary fellow 1984), New Jersey Academy of Sciences (president 1966), Passaic County Medical Society, American Association History Medicine, International Society History of Medicine, Medieval Academy American, Archeological Society of America, Medical History Society New Jersey (founder, consultant, archivist since 1983), New Jersey Dermatological Society (president 1950).