Background
Breslow, Lester was born on March 17, 1915 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of Joseph and Mayme (Danziger) Breslow.
Breslow, Lester was born on March 17, 1915 in Bismarck, North Dakota, United States. Son of Joseph and Mayme (Danziger) Breslow.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1935. Doctor of Medicine, University Minnesota, 1938. Master in Public Health, University Minnesota, 1941.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Minnesota, 1988.
Intern United States Public Health Service Hospital, Stapleton, New York, 1938—1940. District health officer Minnesota Department Health, 1941—1943. Preventive medicine officer United States Army, 1943—1945.
Chief bureau chronic diseases California Department Public Health, Berkeley, 1946—1960, chief division preventive medicine, 1960—1965, director department, 1965—1968. Lecturer University California School Public Health, Berkeley, 1950—1968. Professor public health University of California at Los Angeles School Public Health, since 1968, chairman department preventive medicine and social medicine, 1969—1972, dean, 1972—1980, member division cancer control, since 1980, director health promotion center, 1988—1991, dean, professor emeritus, since 1980.
Director study President's Commission Health Needs of Nation, 1952. Consultant Office of Technology Assessment, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, 1977, National Cancer Institute, since 1981, chairman board science counsellors division cancer prevention and control, 1982—1984. Chairman National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, 1979—1981.
Member United States- China health science committee United States Department Department of Health and Human Services, 1982. Board directors, chairman California Center Health Improvement, since 1998. Captain United States Army, 1943-1945.
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Editor: Annual Review Public Health, 1979-1990, Encyclopedia Public Health, 2002. Editorial consultant in field:.
Active Los Angeles County Public Health Commission, since 1996, chairman, 1997—1998, 2007. Fellow: American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College of Physicians, American College Preventive Medicine (Distinguished Service award 1976). Member: American Public Health Association (past president, Sedgwick medal 1977, Dana award, Charles A. Dana Foundation 1988, Healthtrac Foundation Prize 1995, 1997), New York Academy Medicine (Stephen Smith Achievement in Public Health award 2005), Institute Medicine National Academy of Sciences (council 1978-1980, chairman board health promotion and disease prevention 1980-1982, Lienhard award 1997), Association Schools Public Health (president 1973-1974), American Cancer Society (national director, California director, chairman advisory committee on research etiology), International Epidemiological Association (past president), American Epidemiological Society, Public Health Cancer Association, American Heart Association (fellow epidemiology section).
Gardening.
Married Devra J.R. Miller, 1967. Children: Norman, Jack, Stephen.