Edward M. Brecher, MA Biography
- Title:
- Freelance writer on medical, scientific, and social topics
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should Performance-Enhancing Drugs Be Accepted in Sports?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Aug. 12, 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Freelance writer, medical, scientific and social topics, 1952-1989
- Member, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), 1976-1980
- Member, Drug Policy Foundation Advisory Board, 1989
- Recipient, George K. Polk Memorial Award for outstanding magazine reporting, 1974
- Recipient, Albert Lasker Award for medical journalism, 1963
- Editor, United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, 1951-1952
- Associate Editor, Consumer Reports, 1947-1951
- Assistant to the Chairman, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 1941-1946
- Research Supervisor, US Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, 1938-1941
- Recipient, Robert T. Morse Writer’s Award, American Psychiatric Association
- Education:
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- Brown University, 1934-35
- MA, University of Minnesota, 1934
- BA, magna cum laude, Swarthmore College, 1932
- University of Wisconsin, 1928-30
- Other:
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- Born in 1911
- Died by suicide in Cornwall, Connecticut in 1989