Jessie Marmorston
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Jessie Marmorston | |
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 Jessie Marmorston, from a 1980 newspaper | |
| Born | September 15, 1897 Kyiv, Russian Empire |
| Died | October 21, 1980 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupations | Physician, endocrinologist, college professor |
| Spouse(s) | Julius Gottesman David Perla
(m. 1933; died 1940) |
| Relatives | Samuel Pisar (son-in-law) |
Jessica "Jessie" Marmorston (1897[1] – October 21, 1980) was a Russian-born American physician, endocrinologist, and medical school professor.
Marmorston was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire, the daughter of Aaron Marmoston and Ethel Wark Marmoston. Her family was Jewish. She moved to the United States as a child, with her parents, and grew up in Buffalo, New York.[2] She completed her medical degree at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1924.[3]
Career
Marmorston served a bacteriology internship at the Montefiore Hospital in New York City.[4] At Cornell University Medical College she worked as an immunologist with David Perla. In 1943, she became an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Southern California (USC). In 1953 she became professor of experimental medicine, and in 1957 clinical professor of medicine.[3] She was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians.[5] She held attending physician privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Los Angeles County Hospital.[2] In 1972, she was quoted in an Ann Landers column on breastfeeding, as a "distinguished endocrinologist".[6]
While based in Los Angeles, Marmorston was the personal physician and daily confidante of studio head Louis B. Mayer.[7][8] She parlayed her Hollywood connections to raise funds for USC scholarships.[3] In 1960, the Los Angeles Times named her one of their ten Women of the Year.[9][10]
