Background
Blondis, Ernest Richard was born on March 9, 1908 in Cleveland. Son of Harry Leonard and Sarah Alice (Reznick) Blondis.
Blondis, Ernest Richard was born on March 9, 1908 in Cleveland. Son of Harry Leonard and Sarah Alice (Reznick) Blondis.
Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1929. Doctor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 1933.
Intern Cleveland City Hospital, 1933—1934. Resident in surgery St. Joseph Hospital, Joliet, Illinois, 1934—1935. Practice medicine specializing in family practice and general surgery Lemont, 1935—1943, 1946—1978, Wewoka, Oklahoma, 1978—1979, Lemont, since 1983.
Director, co-founder Lemont Savings and Loan Association, since 1957. Chairman department surgery Northlake (Illinois) Hospital, 1979—1982. Member staff Suburban Hospital.
Director Thomas Steel Corporation, Lemont. Board directors Northlake Community Hospital, 1979—1983. Served to captain Medical Corps United States Army, 1943-1946.
Member of Knights of Columbus, American Medical Association (Physicians Recognition award 1982), American Legion, Lemont Area History Society, Lemont Chamber of Commerce, New York Academy of Sciences, Royal Society Medicine, American Society Contemporary Medicine and Surgery, American Society Occpl. Medicine, American Academy Family Physicians, Harvard Club (Chicago), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Mary Claire Steffen, October 14, 1935. Children: Stephanie, Sara, Ernest Richard, Robert, Thomas, Margaret, Rose, John.