Stefano Vivona

Background

Vivona, Stefano was born on March 25, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of Francesco and Grazia (Larocca) Vivona.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, St. Louis University, 1943. Master of Public Health, Harvard University, 1952.

Career

Intern Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, 1943-1944, resident surgery, 1944-1945. Commissioned 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1945, advanced through grades to colonel, 1969. Chief general surgery (142d Station Hospital), 1945-1947.

Private practice medicine, specializing in general surgery St. Louis, 1947-1950. Commanding officer (St. Louis Army Dispensary), 1950-1951. Preventive medicine officer (V Corps), Germany, 1952-1954, (7th Army), Germany, 1954-1955.

Acting chief department biostatistics, division preventive medicine (Walter Reed Army Institute Research), 1955-1958. Chief preventive medicine research branch (United States Army Medical Research and Development Command, Office of Surgeon General), 1958-1960. Preventive medicine officer (8th Army), Korea, 1960-1961.

Fellow biologics production (Walter Reed Army Institute Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center), Washington, 1961-1962, acting director, division communicable diseases and immunology, 1962, director division, 1962-1964. Chief (United States Army Medical Research Team), Vietnam, 1964-1965. Director (United States Army Medical Company Southeast Asia Treaty Organization), 1965-1967.

Director global medicine course, deputy director, division preventive medicine (Walter Reed Army Institute Research), 1967, director global medicine course, director division preventive medicine, 1968-1969. Retired, 1969; research administrator American Cancer Society, New York City, 1969, assistant vice president research, 1970, vice president research grant awards, 1970-1974, vice president research, 1974-1987. Clinical professor preventive medicine New York University, 1970-1973.

Achievements

• Stefano Vivona has been listed as a noteworthy voluntary agency executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College Preventive Medicine, American Public Health Association. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Cancer Research, Alpha Omega Alpha, Delta Omega.

Connections

Married Carol Louise Holtmann, May 14, 1950. Children– Francis Stephen, William Phillip, Grace Carol, Stephen Roger, Christine Mabel.

Father:

Francesco Vivona

Mother:

Grazia (Larocca) Vivona

Spouse:

Carol Louise Holtmann

child:

Francis Stephen Vivona

child:

William Phillip Vivona

child:

Christine Mabel Vivona

child:

Stephen Roger Vivona

child:

Grace Carol Vivona