Leon Goldman (1904–1975)
Leon Goldman | |
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Born | 1904 |
Died | 1975 (aged 70–71) |
Nationality | United States |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Spouse | Betty Rosenburg |
Children | Dianne Feinstein Lynne Kennedy Yvonne Banks |
Family | Katherine Feinstein (granddaughter) |
Leon Goldman (1904–1975) was an American surgeon.[1]
Biography
Goldman was born to a Jewish family in 1904 in San Francisco, California, one of eleven children born to immigrants from Poland.[2] His father, Samuel Galleorivich, changed his name to Goldman[3] and worked in the oil industry.[2] He was raised in Taft, California where he graduated from Taft Union High School in 1922.[4] In 1926, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.[2] In 1930, he graduated with a M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco Medical school after which he did his post-doctoral studies under Howard Christian Naffziger.[2] After the completion of his residency in 1935, he was appointed as instructor at San Francisco County Hospital where Harold Brunn was chief surgical resident.[2] In 1939, he earned a fellowship in gastrointestinal physiology with Andrew Ivey.[2] In 1939, he returned to work under Brunn.[2] In 1945, he was named associate professor and chief of surgical service.[2] In 1949, he was named full professor.[2] He was the first Jewish professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school.[5] In 1953, he was named vice chairman of the Department of Surgery and chairman in 1956; also in 1956, he was named associate dean of the School of Medicine where he served until 1963.[1]
He served as president of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association and as first vice president of the American Surgical Association and the American College of Surgeons.[1]
Personal life
Goldman was married to Betty Rosenburg, a former model.[6] Her family was from Saint Petersburg, Russia;[6] and while they were of German-Jewish ancestry,[3] they practiced the Russian Orthodox faith, as was required for Jews residing in Saint Petersburg.[6][7] Goldman suffered from Crohn's disease.[2] His wife suffered from Chronic brain syndrome.[3] He was affectionately known as the "Coach" by his students.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Leon Goldman, M.D. (1904-1975)". University of California San Francisco Department of Surgery.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Blaisdell, MD, F. William (December 1, 2013). "Leon Goldman". JAMA.
- ^ a b c Kurt F. Stone (December 29, 2010). The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members. Scarecrow Press. pp. 506–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7738-2.
- ^ Shearer, Jenny (October 20, 2006). "Feinstein visits 'roots'". Bakersfield.com.
- ^ Bovy, Phoebe Maltz (May 2, 2017). "Dianne Feinstein's Jewish Journey From Catholic School To The Senate". Jewish Daily Forward.
- ^ a b c Slater, Elinor; Slater, Robert (1994). Great Jewish Women. Middle Village, New York: Jonathan David Publishers. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-8246-0370-0. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ "California". New West Communications Corporation. July 1984. Retrieved April 10, 2016.