Leon Goldman | |
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Born | [1] | February 14, 1904
Died | March 4, 1975[1] | (aged 71)
Education |
University of California, Berkeley (
BS) University of California, San Francisco ( MD) |
Occupation | Surgeon |
Spouse | Betty Rosenburg |
Children | 3, including Dianne Feinstein |
Family | Katherine Feinstein (granddaughter) |
Leon Goldman (February 14, 1904 – March 4, 1975) was an American surgeon. [2] Goldman was the father of Dianne Feinstein, who was the former mayor of San Francisco and a longtime member of the United States Senate from California.
Goldman was born to a Jewish family in 1904 in San Francisco, California, one of eleven children born to immigrants from Poland. [3] His father, Samuel Galleorivich, changed his name to Goldman [4] and worked in the oil industry. [3] Goldman was raised in Taft, California, where he graduated from Taft Union High School in 1922. [5] In 1926, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. [3] In 1930, he graduated with an M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, after which he did his post-doctoral studies under Howard Christian Naffziger. [3]
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. [3] In 1939, he earned a fellowship in gastrointestinal physiology with Andrew Ivey. [3] In 1939, he returned to work under Brunn. [3] In 1945, he was named associate professor and chief of surgical service. [3] In 1949, he was named full professor. [3] He was the first Jewish professor at the University of California, San Francisco medical school. [6] 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. [2]
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. [2]
Goldman was married to Betty Rosenburg, a former model. [7] Her family was from Saint Petersburg, Russia; [7] and while they were of German-Jewish ancestry, [4] they practiced the Russian Orthodox faith, as was required for Jews residing in Saint Petersburg. [7] [8] Goldman suffered from Crohn's disease. [3] His wife suffered from post-concussion syndrome. [4] He was affectionately known as the "Coach" by his students. [3]