Background
Kreshover, Seymour Jacob was born on June 22, 1912 in New York City. Son of Jacob Siegfried and Rose (Herzenstein) Kreshover.
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Kreshover, Seymour Jacob was born on June 22, 1912 in New York City. Son of Jacob Siegfried and Rose (Herzenstein) Kreshover.
Bachelor, New York University, 1934. Doctor of Dental Surgery, University Pennsylvania, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1942.
Doctor of Medicine, New York University, 1949. Doctor of Science (honorary), State University of New York, Buffalo, 1961. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1967.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Boston University, 1969. Doctor of Odont., University Goteborg, Sweden, 1973. Doctor of Science. (honorary), University Michigan, 1975.
University fellow University Illinois Graduate School Medicine, Chicago, 1938. Assistant resident in pathology Grace New Haven (Connecticut) Hospital Yale University, 1939-1941. Teaching fellow in anatomy New York University, New York City, 1946-1948.
Professor oral pathology to director dental residency program Virginia Medical College, Richmond, 1949-1956. Science director to director, assistant surgeon general National Institute of Dental Research-National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1956-1975. Assistant surgeon general United States Public Health Service, 1970-1975.
Associate trustee board medicine, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1956-1960. Chairman commission dental research Federation Dental International, Geneva, 1961-1967. President International Association Dental Research, Washington, 1962.
Secretary, fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, 1963-1966. Visiting professor pathology Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1966-1970, visiting professor dentistry State University of New York, Buffalo, 1975-1976. Regent American College Dentists, Washington, 1968-1972.
With United States Army, 1942-1945, PTO. Rear admiral, United States Public Health Service, 1966.
Married Jacqueline Baxter, December 21, 1946. Children: Karen, Douglas, Janis, Lauren.