Background
III, Burton James Lee was born on March 28, 1930 in New York City. Son of Burton James and Rosamond Saltonstall (Auchincloss) L.
III, Burton James Lee was born on March 28, 1930 in New York City. Son of Burton James and Rosamond Saltonstall (Auchincloss) L.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1952; Doctor of Medicine, Columbia University College Physicians and Surgeons, 1956.
Intern First Medical Division, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1956-1957;
resident in Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1957-1958;
resident in Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1960-1961;
assistant in Medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1960-1962;
fellow Department Medicine, Chemotherapy Svc., Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1961-1962;
clinical instructor in Medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1962-1965;
assistant professor Clinical Medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1965-1979;
clinical assistant physician Department Medicine, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1965-1979;
clinical associate, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York City, 1969-1974;
associate attending physician Department Medicine, Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1969-1977;
associate, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York City, 1974-1981;
attending physician Department Medicine, Hematology/Lymphoma Svc., Memorial Hospital, New York City, 1977-1989;
associate professor Clinical Medicine, Cornell Univercity Medical College, New York City, 1979-1989;
assistant member, Sloan Kettering Institute, New York City, 1981-1986;
associate clinical member, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1984-1989;
physician to the President, White House, Washington, since 1989. Medical director Corporation Health Examiners and Life Extension Institute, 1985.
Consultant Prospect Group (venture capital). Consultant Department Medicine, Greenwich (Connecticut) Hospital, since 1963, Department Medicine Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau, Bahamas, 1967-1989. Chairman associate staff, Memorial Hospital, 1972-1974, president general medical staff, 1983-1985.
Member steering committee National Hodgkin's Disease Radiation Study, 1968-1980.
Member Presidential Commision on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic, 1987-1988, Presidential Drug Advisory Council, since 1989, White House Task Force on Infant Mortality, since 1989. With United States Army Medical Corps, 1958-1960. Member Medical Society County of New York (special commission on new members 1965-1966), Am.Assn.
Cancer Research (James Ewing Society associate), American College of Physicians, International Society Lymphology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Clinical Oncology, American Society Hematology, Round Hill Club (director Greenwich, Connecticut 1978-1988), Racquet and Tennis Club (New York City), Farmington Country Club, Edgartown Yacht Club.
Married PaulineHerzog, June 13, 1953 (divorced January 1964). Children: Burton J., Jacqueline L., Rosamond S. Married Ann Kelly, June 1, 1968.