Background
DiDio, Liberato John Alphonse was born on May 7, 1920 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Son of Pascoal and Lydia (Cacace) DiDiDio.
DiDio, Liberato John Alphonse was born on May 7, 1920 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Son of Pascoal and Lydia (Cacace) DiDiDio.
Bachelor of Science, Dante Alighieri College, 1939. Doctor of Medicine summa cum laude, University Sao Paulo, 1945. Doctor of Science summa cum laude, University São Paulo, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy summa cum laude, University São Paulo, 1951. Diplomate, National College War, Rio de Janeiro, 1957.
Instructor physiology, Faculty Medicine, U. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1942-1943;
instructor anatomy, Faculty Medicine, U. Sao Paulo, 1943-1945;
assistant professor anatomy, Faculty Medicine, U. Sao Paulo, 1945-1951;
associate professor, Faculty Medicine, U. Sao Paulo, 1952-1953;
teacher chemistry, Roosevelt State College, Sao Paulo, 1943-1944;
professor, department chairman topographical anatomy, Faculty Ciencias Medicas, Catholic U. Minas Gerais, 1954-1955;
vice president, United States Amaro, 1994;
director Institute Morphology, Belo Horizonte, U. Minas Gerais, 1962-1963;
professor anatomy, Medical School, Dental School, Graduate School, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1963-1967;
professor anatomy, department chairman, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1967-1988;
dean graduate school, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1972-1986;
assistant to president, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, 1988-1990;
professor emeritus, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, since 1990;
consultant to president, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, since 1990;
dean emeritus, Medical College Ohio, Toledo, since 1992;
science director, Hospital São Lucas, 1993;
vice-president, United States Amaro, 1994. Visiting professor U. Messina, Italy, 1955, U. Brazil, 1957, U. Parma, Italy,1958, U. Rome, 1974, 80, 82, 84, 86-87, 90-92, U. Brescia, U. Padua, U. Turin, 1988, U. São Paulo, 1989, U. Lübeck, 1990, U. Rome, 1991, Escola Paulista de Medicina, 1991, 92. Visiting professor anatomy, Rockefeller Foundation fellow School Medicine, U. Washington, 1960-1961.
Guest investigator Rockefeller Institute Medical Research, New York City, 1961, Medical School, Harvard University, 1961. Co-chairman 41st session 7th International Congress Anatomy, New York City, 1960. Chairman session on heart and arteries International Congress Anatomy, Leningrad, 1970.
Delegate International Congress for Electron Microscopy, Philadelphia, 1962, 8th International Congress Anatomy, Wiesbaden, Federal Republic Germany, 1965. Delegate, co-chairman Session on Embryology I, Pan American Congress Anatomy, Mexico City, 1966. President III Congress, New Orleans, 1972.
Honorary president IV Pan American Congress Anatomy, Montreal, Canada, 1975, V Congress, São Paulo, 1978, VI Congress, Buenos Aires, 1981, VII Congress, Punta del Este, 1984, VIII Congress Santiago, Chile, 1987, IX Congress Trujillo, Peru, 1990, X Congress San Jose, Costa Rica, 1992;president 4th Symposium on Morphological Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, honorary.pres. 5th Symposium, Rio, 6th Symposium, Lisbon, 7th Symposium, Brussels, 8th Symposium, Rome, 9th Symposium, Nancy, 10th Symposium, Toronto, 10th Symposium, Barcelona, 1993. Chairman of the section meeting Chicago HeartAssn.
University of Chicago, 1967. Adjunct Professor biology U. Toledo, 1967-1992, Adjunct Professor forensic medicine College Law, 1973-1986. Adjunct Professor biology Bowling Green U., 1967-1989.
Escola Paulista de Medicina, 1991-1993. Seminars at numerous universities, United States, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Latin American. Consultant Deputy Assuntos U.-Ministry Edition and Culture Brazil, Pan American HealthOrgn., World Health Organization, Heart Institute, São Paulo.
Member of advisory commission on graduate education Ohio Board Regents, 1972-1986, chairman, 1981-1982. President International Committee of Symposia on Morphological Sciences, MCO Faculty Club.
Trustee Siena Heights College, Adrian, Michigan, 1979-1987. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences. Member National Academy of Engineering, American Association Cell Biology, American Association Anatomists, American Association of University Professors, Anatomical Society Great Britain and Ireland, Association American Medical Colleges, Electron Microscopy Society of America, Pan American Medical Association, International College Surgeons, International Federation Associations of Anatomists (secretary general 1980-1986, president 86-89, honorary president, since 1989, secretary general federative committee on anatomical terminology since 1990, chairman federative committee anatomical terminology 1993, honorary president since 1989), Ohio Academy of Sciences (president 1979-1980), Pan American Association Anatomy (honorary president), Midwest Society Anatomists (former president), Brazilian Society Anatomy (honorary), Anatomische Gesellschaft (honorary), Sigma Xi.
Married Lydia G. Silva, March 12, 1960. Children: Vera, Rubens, Lydia Nova Scotia, Arthur S.