[T1S1] parents' death in Israel; father's emigration from Russia around 1902; mother's family emigrates from Germany; parents' meeting and marriage in the United States in 1916; father's education in medicine in Denver, CO; father works with venereal disease control in Texas during WWI; family moves to Columbus, OH, for father's work with state health department; family connections with Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah Hospital; 1919, moves to Palestine where father is a health officer; family connections with Golda Meir; names of other colleagues in Palestine; female relatives alliance with Pioneer Women; early education in Haifa and Hadar Ha Carmel; 1934, enters University of Missouri; mother's masters degree from Radcliffe College; brother founds Mayfair Orphanage in Cleveland, OH; sister's career in languages and social work; 1941, graduates, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD; enters United States Public Health Service; training at National Institute of Health in malaria control; serves with Georgia Health Department in 1942; 1930, his family moves to Jerusalem; becomes involved with student labor organizations in Jerusalem; his parents' religious training; mother's family business in Germany; meeting his future wife, Anne, in a Yugoslavian refugee camp in Egypt; her Yugoslavian background; their marriage; birth of first child in Belgrade; incident with a Yugoslavian refugee child; father's work with the joint distribution committee in Europe; number of children.
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.421_t1s1
Relation
ais196440.421
"Shapiro, Maurice A. - August 10, 1990" Metadata
Metadata Details
Title
Shapiro, Maurice A. - August 10, 1990
Creator
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Pittsburgh Section
Description
Maurice Shapiro, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and author of numerous publications in the field of hygiene and toxicology including the "Western Port Bay Environmental Study" in Australia, known as the Shapiro Report;
Contributor
Shapiro, Maurice A. (interviewee), Harrison, Mary;Dinman, Gabrielle (interviewer), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date
1990-08-10
Type
oral histories (literary genre), Sound
Identifier
pitt:ais196440.421
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