Background
She was born Eleanor Dino in Genoa, Italy and grew up in Pennsylvania.
She was born Eleanor Dino in Genoa, Italy and grew up in Pennsylvania.
She received a bachelor"s degree in biology from the University of Alabama and an Doctor of Medicine from the Woman"s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1950. They became friends and then were married a few years later. In 1959, Montague joined the radiotherapy department at the University of Texas Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center under an American Cancer Society fellowship.
She was employed at Doctor of Medicine Anderson from 1961 to 1983.
In 1973, she became a radiotherapy professor Montague has been a pioneer in breast cancer research and treatment.
She has been awarded the:
Janeway Medal by the American Radium Society in 1985
Gold Medal of the Radiological Society of North America in 1986
Marie Curie Recipient by the American Association for Women Radiologists in 1990
Gold Medal for Distinguished and Extraordinary Service to the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in 1992
An award in her name, the Eleanor Montague Distinguished Resident Award in Radiation Oncology, was created by the American Association for Women Radiologists. Montague has served on the National Breast Cancer Task Force and with the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project.
She became a member of the Texas Women"s Hall of Fame in 1993. She has been a member of the board of directors for the American Cancer Society of Therapeutic Radiologists and of the executive of the American Radium Society.