Long, Esmond R. (Esmond Ray), 1890-1979

Esmond Ray Long was born in Chicago. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago and did post-graduate work at the University of Prague in Czechoslovakia. Long joined the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1932 as a professor of pathology and director of the Henry Phipps Institute for the Study, Treatment, and Prevention of Tuberculosis. He devoted his life to the study of tuberculosis, after having contracted it as a young man, and became known as one of the foremost leaders in the control of the disease. During World War II he served in the Army as chief consultant on the disease. Throughout his life Long received awards and citations for his efforts at treating tuberculosis.

From the description of Papers, [1917]-1965. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122584943

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