Background
Stanton, Joseph Robert was born on August 8, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph S. and Mary Elizabeth (Sullivan) Stanton.
Stanton, Joseph Robert was born on August 8, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Joseph S. and Mary Elizabeth (Sullivan) Stanton.
AB, Boston College, 1942. Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1945. Doctor of Laws, St. Anselm College, 1973.
Doctor of Laws, Our Lady of Elms, 1974.
Assistant surgical and medicine, Boston University School Medicine, 1946-1951;
research fellow, Evans Memorial Hospital, 1946-1951;
instructor medicine, Tufts Medical School, 1951-1958;
associate clinical professor medicine, Tufts Medical School, 1958-1985;
member attending staff, Holy Ghost Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948-1955;
attending physician, Bethany Infirmary, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1948-1975;
visiting physician, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Boston, 1952-1985. Delegate White House Conference on Aging, 1981. Grant reviewer Department of Health and Human Services, 1983.
Consultant Medical Moral Commission Mass Catholic Conference, 1978-1991.
Founding member, secretary-treasurer Americans United for Life, Chicago, 1971-1985. Founding member, director Value of Life Committee, Boston, 1970-1991. Founding member, director, vice president Massachusetts Citizens for Life, 1974-1991.
Fellow American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society. Member Boston College Alumni Association (McKenney award 1992), Yale Medical Alumni Association.
Married Mary Frances Gordon, May 10, 1950. Children: Michael, Anne Marie, Joseph, John, Mark (deceased), Paul, William, Kathleen, Matthew, Luke, Thomas.