Background
Richardson, Sylvia Onesti was born on September 12, 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Silvio J. and Johanna (Kristoffy) Onesti.
Richardson, Sylvia Onesti was born on September 12, 1920 in San Francisco, California, United States. Daughter of Silvio J. and Johanna (Kristoffy) Onesti.
Bachelor, Stanford University, 1940. Postgraduate, University Washington, 1941. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1942.
Doctor of Medicine, McGill University, 1948. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Emerson College.
Intern, Children's Memorial Hospital, Montreal, 1948-1949;
resident, Children's Medical Center, Boston, 1949-1950;
instructor special education, Columbia, 1942-1943;
supervisor hearing handicapped, New Rochelle (New York) Public Schools, 1942-1943;
clinical fellow in medicine, Boston Children's Medical Center, 1949-1951;
director speech clinic, Boston Children's Medical Center, 1950-1952;
associate physician, Boston Children's Medical Center, 1951-1952;
research fellow in surgery, Boston Children's Medical Center, 1954-1955;
instructor speech department, Boston University, 1950-1952;
instructor speech department, San Diego State College, 1952-1954;
teaching fellow in medicine, Harvard University, 1951-1952;
consultant department child health and maternal welfare, State of Massachusetts, 1951-1952;
assistant clinical professor pediatrics, State University New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1957-1958;
associate professor pediatrics and psychiatry, director child study center, U. Oklahoma School Medicine, 1958-1965;
assistant clinical professor pediatrics, U. Cincinnati School Medicine, 1965-1967;
associate professor, U. Cincinnati School Medicine, 1967-1980;
director learning disabilities program, Center for Developmental Disorders, 1966-1980;
distinguished professor communication science and disorders, clinical professor pediatrics, U. South Florida, since 1980. Consultant department child health and maternal welfare State of Oklahoma, 1957-1965. Special consultant National Institute Nervous Diseases and Blindness, 1960-1962.
Special.cons. on mental retardation Oklahoma State Department Public Welfare, 1963-1965;consultant Bureau State Services, United States Public Health Service, Bureau Education Handicapped, United States OfficeEdn.
Member Oklahoma governor's committee White House Conference, 1960, White House Conference on Children, 1970. Oklahoma citizen's committee Adequate Higher Education, 1958-1962. Fellow International Association Research in Learning Disabilities, Multidisciplinary Academy Clinical Education.
Member American Speech and Hearing Association (member executive council 1957-1959, chairman elect house of deals 1965, president 1973, honor award 1988), Royal Society Health, International Association for Logopedics and Phoniatrics. Member American Medical Association, Massachusetts Speech and Hearing Association (co-founder, president 1950-1952), Oklahoma Speech and Hearing Association (executive council), International Dyslexia Association (board directors 1978-1984, president 1984-1988, Samuel T. Orton award 1992), Ohio Speech and Hearing Association (national joint commission on learning disabilities since 1976, chairman 1997-1999), Oklahoma County Council Mentally Retarded Children (board directors 1960-1965), Oklahoma County Mental Health Association (professional advisory board 1961-1965), Oklahoma Hearing Society (vice president, board directors 1959-1961), Society Research in Child Development, Association Children with Learning Disabilities (chairman professional advisory board), Council Exceptional Children, Cincinnati Pediatric Society.
Married William R. Richardson, September 8, 1951 (deceased 1994). Children: William Charles, Christopher Lee.