Alan Frank Guttmacher
Alan Frank Guttmacher | |
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| President of Planned Parenthood | |
| In office June 20, 1962 – April 13, 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Margaret Sanger |
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| Born | May 19, 1898 |
| Died | March 18, 1974 (aged 75) |
Alan Frank Guttmacher (May 19, 1898 – March 18, 1974) was an American
In 1973, Guttmacher was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto II.[2]
Family
Guttmacher was born in 1898 to Rabbi Adolf (Adolph) Guttmacher, and Laura (Oppenheimer) Guttmacher, German Jewish emigrants. His twin brother, Manfred Guttmacher, was an advisor to the Baltimore City's Supreme Bench as a psychiatrist. Their older sister, Dorothy Emma Guttmacher, owned the Tudor Flower Shops at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Alan married Leonore Gidding in 1926 and together they raised three daughters, Ann (Loeb), Sally (Holtzman), and Susan (Green).[citation needed]
Professional history
Guttmacher was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Hopkins Medical School. He served as Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology and was appointed Obstetrician and Gynecologist-In-Chief at
References
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2011-7.
- ^ "Humanist Manifesto II". American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ "Dr. Alan Guttmacher dies." The Baltimore Sun. 19 March 1974.
External links
- "Who was Alan Guttmacher?" (from the Guttmacher Institute)
- Alan F. Guttmacher papers, 1860, 1898-1974. H MS c 155. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston, Mass.
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