Harry A. Feldman's research in epidemiology, immunology, infectious disease control, preventive medicine, toxoplasmosis, bacterial chemotherapeutic and sero-therapeutic agents, respiratory diseases, and meningitis was internationally recognized in the scientific community of microbiology and medicine.

Feldman was born in Newark, New Jersey on May, 30, 1914, the son of Joseph Feldman, a construction contractor, and his wife Sarah. After attending public schools in Newark and graduating from Weequahic High School in 1931, he received his A.B. in zoology in 1935 and his M.D. in 1939, both from George Washington University. He completed an internship and residency at Gallinger Municipal Hospital, Washington, D.C., held a brief research fellowship at George Washington, then in 1942, became a research fellow at Harvard Medical School and an assistant resident physician at the Boston City Hospital's Thorndike Memorial Laboratory. Among his colleagues at Thorndike was Maxwell A. Finland (1902-1987), who at the time was among the nation's premier...