Background
Bakwin, Harry was born on November 19, 1894 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Simon and Emma (Nadel) Bakwin.
Bakwin, Harry was born on November 19, 1894 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Simon and Emma (Nadel) Bakwin.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia, 1915, Doctor of Medicine 1917. Postgraduate Berlin and Vienna universities, 1924-1925.
Interne, Bellevue Hospital, 1917-1918, assistant visiting physician, 1925-1930, associate attending physician, 1930-1943, visiting physician children's medical service, from 1943. Research assistant New York Nursery and Childs, 1919-1924. Assistant instructor pediatrics Cornell Medical College, New York City, 1919-1924.
Instructor pediatrics Columbia, 1925-1930.
Assistant professor pediatrics New York University, 1939-1940, associate professor, 1940-1949. Associate professor pediatrics New York University-Bellevue Medical Center, 1940-1950, professor clinical pediatrics, from 1950.
Courtesy staff University Hospital, New York City. Consultant Norwalk (Connecticut) Hospital, Elizabeth A. Horton Memorial Hospital, Middletown, New York Infirmary, New York City, Bayonne (New Jersey) Hospital and Dispensary, Newark, Beth Israel Hospital, Mount Vernon (New York) Hospital, Phelps Memorial Hospital, Tarrytown, New New York
Served as First lieutenant Military Cross, Australia, 1918-1919. Fellow American Public Health Association. Member New Jersey Society Dentistry Children (honorary), American, World medical associations, American Society Human Genetics, American Academy Pediatrics (president 1955-1956), American Pediatric Society, New York Academy of Medicine, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, New York State, New York County medical societies, Society for Research in Child Development, British Pediatric Association (correspondent), Sociedad Antioquena de Pediatria (honorary), Sociedad Ecuadorana de Pediatria (honorary), Associatiòn Pediatrica de Guatemala (honorary), Sociedad Peruana de Pediatria (honorary), Sociedad de Puericultura y Pediatria (honorary), Sociedad Argentina de Pediatria (honorary), Brazilian Pediatric Society (honorary), South African Pediatric Association (honorary), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Ruth Morris, 1925. Children: Edward Morris, Barbara Swift (Mistress West.S. Rosenthal), Patricia Anne (Mistress F.R. Selch), Michael.