Background
Friedlander, Walter J. was born on June 6, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jacob and Gussie (Gold) Friedlander.
Friedlander, Walter J. was born on June 6, 1919 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jacob and Gussie (Gold) Friedlander.
Bachelor of Arts in Zoology, University California, Berkeley, 1941. Doctor of Medicine, University California, San Francisco, 1945.
Rotating intern Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1945-1946, resident in internal medicine, 1946-1947. Resident psychiatry Cushing Veterans Administration Hospital, Framington, Massachusetts, 1947-1948, resident in neurology, 1948. Resident neurology Veterans Administration Hospital, San Francisco, 1949-1950, staff neurologist, 1950, chief neurology service, 1953-1956, director National Veterans Epilepsy Center Boston, 1956-1961.
Director sub-department Electroencephalogram Albany (New York ) Medical College, 1961-1966. Chairman department neurology University Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, 1966-1973, director Clinical Neurology Information Center, National Institutes of Health, 1972-1980. Professor neurology Creighton University, since 1972, University Nebraska College Medicine, since 1966, professor medical jurisprudence and humanities, since 1980.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Academy Neurology (senior ), American Association History of Medicine, Academy Aphasia.
Married; children: John, Jessie, Joseph.