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David Adelson was a Kaiser Permanente attorney starting in 1945. His career stretched from chemist to legal aid to Kaiser patient, and his family has a strong association with the healthcare program even when Commerce, Industry, and Labor affiliations are excepted.
Research chemist, Shell Development Co., Emeryville, CA, 1937-1950: union organizing, affiliation with nascent Kaiser Permanente Health Plan, 1945; law student, Golden Gate University, 1946-1950; leaving Shell, establishing law practice, 1951; discussion of health plan based on personal experience.