Content area
Full text
We were sorrowed by the loss of Dr. Harold Abramson, our distinguished colleague and pediatrician, who died on October 13, 1974, at the age of 75, survived by his beloved wife, Lucille.
He was a graduate of Columbia University, where he obtained a bachelor of arts degree, followed by his doctorate in medicine in 1924 and subsequently a master's degree in psychology in 1932.
Dr. Abramson was unique in combining a career in clinical pediatrics with public health and research, in all of which he excelled. In addition to his scientific attainments, Harold was accomplished in music and the arts. He was a fine violinist as well as artist and sculptor, and he was skilled in cabinetmaking, designing, and architectural planning. Withal he was a modest and unassuming man, as are most truly great people. Dedicated to his work whatever...