A Berkeley boy's service to the medical community of Alameda County, 1935-1994
By: interviewed in 1994 by Germaine LaBerge, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: LaBerge, Germaine.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 1994
Subjects: Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999.; Physicians -- California -- Interviews.; Urologists -- California -- Interviews.; Jewish physicians -- California -- Interviews.; Medical care -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Insurance, Health -- California.; Judaism -- 20th century.; Medical care -- American Samoa.
Genres: Interviews.
Other titles: University of California source of community leaders oral history series.
Description: Childhood in Berkeley, CA, and 1923 fire; B.A. in international relations, University of California, Berkeley, 1931; medical studies: Creighton University, 1931-1933, University of California, San Francisco, 1933-1935, University of Edinburgh, 1938-1939; reflections on Judaism and Yehudi Menuhin; navy doctor and quarantine officer, American Samoa, 1941-1944; urology practice in East Bay hospitals; local, state and national medical association leadership roles; work with Alameda County Blood Bank, Blue Cross of of California, Alameda County Mental Health Commission, emergency medical services for Alameda and Contra Costa counties; testifying before congressional committee, 1974, on health insurance.