émigré Albert Eckstein’s Legacy on Health Care Modernization in Turkey: Two Generations of Students Who Have Made Major Contributions

In 1933, with lightening speed, Turkey began reforming its legal and health care delivery systems as well as its system of higher education using refugees fleeing the Nazis. These eminent intellectuals were saved by way of formal government invitations and formed a vibrant academic atmosphere in Turkey. For many America was out of reach because of restrictive immigration laws and wide spread anti-Semitic hiring bias at its universities. This paper documents the respect and gratitude for one of the émigrés held by former students and students of their students in Turkey today, for Albert Eckstein and his contributions to Turkey’s pediatrics and public health.