CHAPTER LXIX 

 LEE K. FRANKEL, PH.D. 



VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION FROM IQI4 TO 



1915 



EE KAUFMAN FRANKEL, the son of Louis and Aurelia 

 Lobenburg Frankel, was born in Philadelphia August 13, 

 1867. He received the degree of B.S. from the University of 

 Pennsylvania in 1887, and of Ph.D. in 1891. He was an instructor 

 in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania from 1888 to 1893, 

 practised as consulting chemist in Philadelphia from 1893 to 1899, 

 served as Manager of the United Hebrew Charities of New York 

 fiom 1899 to 1908, and subsequently for one year was a special 

 investigator for the Russell Sage Foundation. In 1909 Dr. 

 Frankel entered the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as 

 head of the welfare work for its many employees. It was this 

 position which caused him to become intensely interested in the 

 social problem of tuberculosis. He not only inaugurated an edu- 

 cational campaign among the policy-holders of the company, but 

 was also largely instrumental in the establishment of the Mount 

 McGregor Sanatorium for tuberculous employees of the Metro- 

 politan Life Insurance Company. This institution may well be 

 considered as one of the finest in this country, and is doing incal- 

 culable good by furthering the health and physical welfare of the 

 Company's numerous employees. To Dr. Frankel we are also 

 indebted for the conception of the Framingham Health and 

 Tuberculosis Demonstration, which has been one of the most 

 important features of the anti-tuberculosis campaign of our coun- 

 try. He has served as a member of the National Committee 

 of the Framingham Demonstration from its very beginning, and 

 besides, has shown his deep interest in the tuberculosis problem 

 as a member of the executive committees of our national, state, 

 and local tuberculosis associations. 



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