Background
EBERT, Robert was born on September 10, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lilian Gilbertson and Michael H. Ebert.
EBERT, Robert was born on September 10, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Son of Lilian Gilbertson and Michael H. Ebert.
Bachelor of Science, University Chicago, 1936. Doctor of Medicine, University Chicago, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 1939.
AM (honorary), Harvard University, 1964. Doctor of Science (honorary), Northeastern University, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Maryland, 1970.
Doctor of Science(honorary), Notre Dame University, 1977. Doctor of Science(honorary), New York Medical College, 1983. Doctor of Laws(honorary), University Toronto, 1970.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Rush Medical College, 1974.
Intern, assistant resident medicine Boston City Hospital, 1942—1944. Assistant, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor department medicine University Chicago, 1946—1955, professor, 1955—1956. Hanna Payne professor medicine Western Reserve University, 1956—1958, John H. Hord professor medicine, 1958—1964.
Director medicine University Hospitals, 1956—1964. Jackson professor clinical medicine Harvard University, 1964—1965, professor medicine, 1965—1973, Caroline Shields Walker professor of medicine, 1973—1977, emeritus, 1977—1996, dean Medical School and faculty of medicine, 1965—1977. Head Harvard department medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, 1964—1965.
President Harvard Medical Center, 1965—1977, Harvard Community Health Plan, 1968—1974, member board directors, 1968—1994, chairman board, 1974—1984, chairman foundation, 1983—1996, chairman board of overseers, 1985—1996. Examiner American Board Internal Medicine, 1961—1964. Vice chairman President' biomedical Research Panel, 1975—1976.
Director Squibb Corporation, 1977—1987. Trustee Population Council, 1966—1996, chairman board, 1978—1988. President Milbank Memorial Fund, 1978—1984, 1988—1989, board directors, 1972—1984, 1988—1996, member technical board, 1966—1977.
Special consultant Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1984—1988. Member National Advisory Commission on Health Manpower, 1966—1967. Member board directors National Medical Fellowships, 1984—1994.
Trustee Rockefeller Foundation, 1966—1976, Council for Division Biological Sciences Pritzker School Medicine, 1990—1995. Member visiting committee on colleges University Chicago, 1967—1970. Board regents The National Library Medicine, 1967—1971, chairman, 1970—1971.
Member board visitors University Pennsylvania School Medicine, 1968—1971. Member advisory committee to director National Institutes of Health, 1968—1971. Trustee Meharry Medical College, 1969—1974, Barnard College, 1977—1987, Mount Sinai Medical School, Hospital and Medical Center, 1978—1985.
Member board regents Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, 1980—1984. Chairman board overseers Dartmouth Medical School, 1983—1986. Special advisory The Commonwealth Fund, 1984—1994.
Director Mind-Body Medical Institute, 1992—1996, chairman board directors, 1993—1996. Trustee Education Development Center, 1992—1996. Chairman visiting committee Health Science Center State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1988—1993.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Master: American College of Physicians. Fellow: American Public Health Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Medical Association. Member: Massachusetts Medical Society, Association American Physicians (recorder 1962-1966, councillor 1966, president 1972-1973), American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Thoracic Society (chairman committee medical research 1955, president 1961-1962), American Society Clinical Investigation, Harvard Club (New York City), Century Club, Kappa Pi Eta, Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Kappa Upsilon (honorary).
Married Emily Hirsch, June 17, 1939 (deceased 1986). Children: Elizabeth Schmidt-Nowara, John, Thomas. Married Barbara Bacheller, October 21, 1989.