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Dr Leon Bromberg

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Dr Leon Bromberg

Birth
Death
4 May 1985 (aged 85)
Burial
Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Dr Leon Bromberg practiced medicine in Galveston for 30 years, and was assisant professor of clinical medicine at UTMB from 1955 to 1969. He was born on Galveston Island and graduated from Ball High School with honors in 1916 and received his bachelor's degree with honors in 1920 from the Rice Institute in Houston. Dr Bromberg attended Vanderbilt University College of Medicine in Nashville, TN, where he earned his doctorate in medicine in 1924.

He joined Washington University in St Louis, MO, where he had a distingished career as a teacher and physician. He was a Captain in the medical corps during World War II. After the War, he returned to St Louis to resume his medical practice and teaching.

He returned to Galveston in 1955, and to the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Dr Bromberg died in 1985, leaving a legacy in Charitable Trust Fund, which endowed the Dr Leon Bromberg Professorship for Excellence in Teaching in 2001.

He never married and had one sister, Estelle Bromberg.
Dr Leon Bromberg practiced medicine in Galveston for 30 years, and was assisant professor of clinical medicine at UTMB from 1955 to 1969. He was born on Galveston Island and graduated from Ball High School with honors in 1916 and received his bachelor's degree with honors in 1920 from the Rice Institute in Houston. Dr Bromberg attended Vanderbilt University College of Medicine in Nashville, TN, where he earned his doctorate in medicine in 1924.

He joined Washington University in St Louis, MO, where he had a distingished career as a teacher and physician. He was a Captain in the medical corps during World War II. After the War, he returned to St Louis to resume his medical practice and teaching.

He returned to Galveston in 1955, and to the John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. Dr Bromberg died in 1985, leaving a legacy in Charitable Trust Fund, which endowed the Dr Leon Bromberg Professorship for Excellence in Teaching in 2001.

He never married and had one sister, Estelle Bromberg.


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  • Created by: Patti Zapalac
  • Added: Aug 1, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40156619/leon-bromberg: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Leon Bromberg (22 Nov 1899–4 May 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40156619, citing Hebrew Benevolent Society Cemetery, Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Patti Zapalac (contributor 46583652).