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Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Goldstein received his BA and MA in Anthropology from George Washington University , and his PhD from Columbia . His professional career in anthropology began in 1927 , when he obtained a position as aide to Ales Hrdlicka in the U.S. National Museum Division of Physical Anthropology . During World War II , he worked for the U.S. Office Of Strategic Services , and in 1946 , joined the U.S. Public Health Service as an Analyst .

His government career included posts at:
  • Division of Public Health Methods;

  • National Institutes of Mental Health Administration on Aging, and

  • Office of Research and Statistics in the Social Security Administration , from which he retired in 1971 .


As an active researcher, Goldstein's publications include a number of key works on dental variation and Pathology , growth, development and aging, and Skeletal pathology in past populations of Israel . Goldstein's major publications include:
  • "The Cusp s in the Mandibular Molar Teeth of the Eskimo ," American Journal of Physical Anthropology ( 1931 , 16);

  • Demographic and Bodily Changes in Descendants of Mexican Immigrants with Comparable Data on Parents and Children in Mexico ( 1943 );

  • "Physical Status of Men Examined through Selective Service in World War II", Public Health Reports ( 1951 , 66);

  • "Some Vital Statistics Based on Skeletal Material ", Human Biology ( 1953 , 25);

  • "Longevity and Health Status of Whites and Nonwhites in the United States", Journal of the National Medical Association ( 1954 , 46); and

  • "Theory of Survival of the Unfit", Journal of the National Medical Association ( 1955 , 47).


Following his retirement, Goldstein, and his wife, Lea, Immigrated to Israel , where he joined Tel Aviv University and played an important role in developing research in the newly-formed Department of Anatomy and Anthropology. Goldstein was also responsible for founding the "Israel Association of Anthropology", which now has well over 150 members, and he brought together Scientist s from archaeology, biological and Social Anthropology — no easy task in a country where the three disciplines are taught in separate Faculties . In 1987 , he was honored with that Association's Distinguished Service Award.

Goldstein summed up his career in his Monograph , "An Odyssey in Anthropology and Public Health" ( 1995 ), in which he gave a warm portrayal of the people who had helped him in his works. He died in Jerusalem, Israel , aged 91.


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