Background
DeDonato, David Michael was born on April 1, 1947 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Dominic Leonard and Agnes (Miller) DeDeDonato.
DeDonato, David Michael was born on April 1, 1947 in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Dominic Leonard and Agnes (Miller) DeDeDonato.
Bachelor in Political Science, The Citadel, 1969; Master of Divinity, Asbury Theological Seminary, 1975.
Second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1969;
advanced through grades lieutenant colonel, United States Army, 1991;
field artillery officer, United States Army, W. Germany, Vietnam, 1969-1972;
associate pastor, Carteret St. United Methodist Church, Beaufort, South Carolina., 1975-1976;
pastor, Nazareth United Methodist Church, Olanta, South Carolina., 1976-1979;
assistant brigade chaplain, 2d Basic Training Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina., 1979-1981;
family pastor, Troop Command, Fort Jackson, 1981-1983;
assistant brigade chaplain, 4th Central Standard Time Brigade, Fort Jackson, 1983-1984;
chaplain, 41st Field Artillery Brigade, Babenhausen, Germany, 1984-1987;
resident clinical pastoral education program, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1987-1988;
advisor on medical ethics, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 1988-1992;
chief clinical chaplaincy branch, United States Army Academy Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, 1988-1992;
chaplain, clinical ethicist, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, since 1992. Instructor medical ethics Baylor University health care administration program United States Army, Fort Sam Houston, 1988-1992. Consultant on medical ethics to staff chaplain United States Army Health Superior vena cava syndrome Command, 1988-1994.
Chief ethics consultation services, member ethics consultant army surgeon general's Human Subjects Research Review Board, Armed Forces Institute Laboratory Animal Care and Use Committee, National Institute of Mental Health Animal Careand Use Committee, Walter Reed Human Use Committee.
Fellow College Chaplains. Member Hastings Center, Kennedy Institute for Ethics, Park Ridge Center, Military Chaplains Association, Association Military Surgeons of the United States, Society for Bioethics Consultation. Olanta Junior Chamber of Commerce, South Carolina.
Junior Chamber of Commerce (regional director 1979-1980, administrative vice president 1982-1983), South Carolina. Civitan (Special Olympics director 1982-1983).
Married Ann Keels; children: Marty, Sean.