Background
Lever, Walter Frederick was born on December 13, 1909 in Erfurt, Germany. Son of Alexander and Edith (Hirschberg) Lever. emigrated to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1941.
Lever, Walter Frederick was born on December 13, 1909 in Erfurt, Germany. Son of Alexander and Edith (Hirschberg) Lever. emigrated to the United States, 1935, naturalized, 1941.
Student, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1930. Doctor of Medicine, University Leipzig, Germany, 1934. Doctorate (honorary), University Leipzig, Germany, 1990.
Doctorate (honorary), Free University Berlin, 1983. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), Free University Berlin, 1984.
Intern, Cologne (Germany) U. Hospital, 1934-1935;
Intern, St. John's Hospital, Brooklyn, 1936;
resident dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1936-1938;
research fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1938-1944;
from assistant to assistant clinical professor dermatology, Harvard Medical School, 1944-1959;
lecturer, Harvard Medical School, 1959-1976;
professor dermatology, Tufts U. Medical Sch, 1959-1975;
professor emeritus, Tufts U. Medical Sch, 1975-1992;
department chairman, Tufts U. Medical Sch, 1961-1975;
acting chairman, Tufts U. Medical Sch, 1975-1978. Lecturer dermatology Boston University Medical School, 1978-1982. Director dermatology service Boston City Hospital, 1961-1974.
Dermatologist-in-chief New England Med.Center Hospitals, 1959-1978, associate staff member, 1978-1983. Board consultationMass. General Hospital, 1959-1976, honorary dermatologist, 1976-1983.
Consultant RobertBreck Brigham Hospital, 1949-1976. Principal investigator lipid metabolism United States Public Health Service, 1951-1965, electron microscopy, 1962-1975. Member general medicine study section National Institutes of Health, 1959-1963.
Dohi lecturer, Japan, 1963. Pritzker lecturer U. Toronto, 1976. Novy lecturer University of California, Davis, 1977, Pinkus lecturer Wayne U., Detroit, 1987.
Hebra lecturer U. Vienna, 1989.
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Fellow American Academy Dermatology (past director). Member Society Investigative Dermatology (past director, past president, honorary member, Rothman medal 1990), New England Dermatological Society, American Society Dermatopathology (past president), American Dermatological Association, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. Honorary member Pacific Dermatological Association, Austrian (Hebra medal 1989), British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, East German, West German, Greek, Indian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Uruguayan, Venezuelan, Yugoslav Dermatological Societies.
Married Frances Broughton, 1940 (divorced 1969). Children: Joan (Mistress Russell Young), Susan (Mistress Richard Siskind). Married Gundula Schaumburg, May 10, 1971.
Children: Insa Bettina, Mark Alexander.