Background
Roth, Russell Burton was born on November 6, 1913 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Augustus Henry and Florence (Burton) Roth.
Roth, Russell Burton was born on November 6, 1913 in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Augustus Henry and Florence (Burton) Roth.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1931. AB, Yale University, 1935. Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins, 1939.
Doctor of Laws, Gannon College, 1973. Doctor of Science, Edinboro University Pennsylvania, 1974.
Intern Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1939-1940, assistant pathology, 1940-1941. Assistant urology St. Mary's Hospital, Pierre, South Dakota, 1941-1942, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, 1942-1943, Brady Urological Institute, Baltimore, 1943-1944. Practice medicine specializing in urology Erie, from 1946.
Consultant urologist Veterans Administration Hospital, Erie. Consultant various government agencies Member Pennsylvania Gov's Advisory Health Board, 1956-1972. Chairman Erie County Board Health, 1958-1976.
Member advisory committee Office Dependent Medical Care, Department Defense, 1961-1969. Public speaker on science and socio-economics medical subjects, since 1946. Member National Advisory Council Regional Medical Programs, 1970-1973.
Member special advisory group VA, 1971-1979. Member steering committee experimental medical care review organization Department of Health, 1971-1974, member health insurance benefits advisory council, 1975-1978.
President Hess-Roth Urological Foundation, Inc., 1960-1971, executive director since 1988. Board directors Pennsylvania Health Research Institute, Lakes Area Health Education Center, 1965-1978. Advisory director International Foundation Employee Benefit Plans, 1971-1974, member committee, 1971-1976.
Member Joint Commission on Accreditation Hospitals, 1975-1979. Trustee Villa Maria College, Erie, 1976-1980. Served to captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1944-1946.
American College of Surgeons fellow. Member American Medical Association (chairman federal medical services committee 1960-1964, council on medical service 1965-1966, speaker house delegations 1969-1972, president 1973-1974), Pennsylvania Medical Society (council, board chairman, speaker house delegations 1963-1967), Erie County Medical Society (past secretary, president), American Urological Association, American Association Clinical Urologists (president 1976), Pennsylvania Society Advancement Medical Research (president 1956-1965) Clubs: Erie (governor), Erie Yacht. Lodges: Masons (33 degree), Shriners, Jesters, Rotary.
Married Jeanne Guy, October 17, 1964 (deceased July 1986). Married Martha Squier, January 16, 1987.