Background
Rotondo, Gaetano Mario was born on January 30, 1926 in Taranto, Puglie, Italy. Son of Francesco and Clotilde (Guida) Rotondo.
military officer aerospace medicine physician
Rotondo, Gaetano Mario was born on January 30, 1926 in Taranto, Puglie, Italy. Son of Francesco and Clotilde (Guida) Rotondo.
Doctor of Medicine, University Bari, Italy, 1949.
Colonel, chief, Italian Air Force Aeromed. Institute, Milan, 1972-1974; brigadier general, chief, Military School Aviation Medical, Rome, 1974-1975; major general, chief, Italian Air Force Medical Svc., Rome, 1975-1982; Lieutenant general, surgeon general, Italian Air Force Medical Corporation, Rome, 1980-1986; professor forensic medicine and medical bioclimatology, U. Milan, 1973-1996; professor aerospace medicine, U. Rome, since 1975. Consultant Department Transportation, Rome, 1985-1998, Department Public Health, Rome, 1984-1998;national member Aerospace Medical Panel Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development-North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Paris, since 1976.
Lieutenant General Italian Air Force Medical Corps, 1950-1991, retired as general inspector. Fellow American Astronautics Society, Aerospace Medical Association, Royal Aeronautical Society, British Interplanetary Society, American Institute Aeronautics and Astronautics (associate). Member National Society Military Medicine (honorary president), Italian Society Aerospace Medicine (vice president), Italian Federation Sports Medicine, Aeroclub of Italy (flight security committee), Association United States Military Surgeons (honorary), National Academy History Health Art (honorary academician), Lancisiana Academy Rome, Roman Academy Medical and Biological Sciences, International Academies Astronautics and Aviation Space Medicine (academician), Abruzzi Academy of Sciences and Arts (academician, Hyppokrates award 1996).
Married Vittoria Maria Beltrami, June 23, 1957.