Background
Clemente, Celestino was born on June 11, 1922 in Penns Grove, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ermanno and Caroline (Friozzi) Clemente.
Clemente, Celestino was born on June 11, 1922 in Penns Grove, New Jersey, United States. Son of Ermanno and Caroline (Friozzi) Clemente.
Bachelor of Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1945.
Intern, Jersey City Medical Center, 1945-1946; resident in general surgery, Martland Medical Center, 1950-1953; practice medicine specializing in general surgery, Newark, since 1953; director surgery, Children's Hospital, Newark, 1962-1970; director surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey, 1972-1983; trustee, United Hospitals Medical Center, Newark, 1972-1988; vice president medical affairs, United Hospitals Medical Center, Newark, 1975-1988. Associate clinic professor surgery New Jersey Medical School, Newark, since 1975. Director surgery Roseland (New Jersey ) Surgical Center, since 1983, also Chairman of the Board.
Republican candidate for United States House of Reps, New Jersey, 1968. Active National Ad Council/Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1970-1974. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1946-1948.
Fellow American College of Surgeons, International College Surgeons. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Essex Club (Newark).
Married Marie Ann Strangio, November 16, 1946. Children: Jeffrey, Roderick, Mark, Laurie Ann, Jonathan.