Samuel William Becker
Samuel William Becker (also S. William Becker ; born July 11, 1894 in Benton Harbor , Michigan , † August 15, 1964 in Hollywood , California ) was an American dermatologist .
Live and act
Samuel William Becker was the son of Myron George Becker and Emma Mae Adams. He attended Benton Harbor School and graduated from Benton Harbor High School in 1910 . In 1912 he began an undergraduate medical degree at the University of Michigan . In 1920 he graduated with MA and MD and married the medical student Bess Parham. 1921 to 1923 he completed his license to practice medicine in Philadelphia at the Philadelphia General Hospital. From 1923 to 1926 he was a fellow of the Mayo Foundation with John Hinchman Stokes, in 1926 he became a fellow of the National Research Council and spent a year at the Dermatological Clinic of the University of Zurich with Bruno Bloch . In 1927 he moved to the University of Chicago as an assistant professor . In 1928 he graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Master of Science degree and in 1930 was Associate Professor in Chicago. In 1942 he left the university (he was succeeded by Stephen Rothman ) and opened a private practice in Chicago. In 1955 he went to Long Beach , California, as head of dermatology at the Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital . In 1964 he became professor emeritus at the University of Southern California .
In 1939, Samuel William Becker and Maurice J. Reuter described a pigment anomaly called "Becker-Reuter Syndrome". In 1948 he described the Becker nevus named after him for the first time .
Fonts
- Ten Million Americans Have It. On syphilis. Lippincott, Philadelphia 1937, OCLC 774438903 .
- with Maurice J. Reuter: A Familial pigmentary anomaly. In: Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology . 40, 1939, pp. 987-998, doi : 10.1001 / archderm.1939.01490060125011 .
- with Maximilian Ernest Obermayer: Modern Dermatology and Syphilology. Lippincott, Philadelphia 1947, OCLC 2404272 .
literature
- Maximilian Ernest Obermayer: Samuel William Becker, MD. 1894-1964. In: Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 91, 2, 1965, pp. 97-99, doi : 10.1001 / archderm.1965.01600080005001
Web links
- Dr. Samuel Becker's Memorabilia on Display. In: Dermatology. The University of Chicago. Annual Report, Vol. 7, 2012-2013, pp. 1-3.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Becker-Reuter Syndrome on whonamedit.com
- ↑ Martino Ruggieri, Ignacio Pascual-Castroviejo, Concezio Rocco (eds.): Neurocutaneous Disorders: Phakomatoses and Hamartoneoplastic Syndromes. Springer, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-211-21396-4 , p. 589 ( Google books ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Becker, Samuel William |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Becker, S. William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American dermatologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 11, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Benton Harbor , Michigan , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th August 1964 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California , United States |