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in memoriam Mario Daniel Mansueto The family of longtime ear, nose and throat specialist Mario Daniel Mansueto made a generous donation to the College of Medicine in late 2012 to support professorships, an advanced clinical fellowship and a translational research program aimed at attracting scholars who want to work on prevention and early detection of heart disease and lung cancer. Mansueto (center) is pictured at left with (from left to right) daughter-in-law Rika, son Joseph, and cousins Daniel and Jan Mansueto. Longtime ear, nose and throat specialist Mario Daniel Mansueto, MD '48, Res '54, of Hammond, Ind., passed away on July 13. In late 2012, the Mansueto family made a generous donation to the College of Medicine to support professorships in otolaryngology and cardiothoracic surgery, an advanced clinical fellowship in otolaryngology, and a translational research program in heart and lung surgery. The gift was aimed to lure scholars to work on prevention and early detection of heart disease and lung cancer, among other projects. The native of Monfalcone, Italy, who spent most of his childhood in Calumet City, Ill., became the first in his family to attend college when he enrolled at Purdue University. During World War II, Mansueto enrolled in the U.S. Navy medical program under the GI Bill and graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from the College of Medicine, after which he completed an internship at Cook County Hospital. During the Korean War, Mansueto became a captain in the Navy, serving as an ENT at Scott Airbase in St. Louis. After that, he trained at the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, which bestowed him with an Alumnus of the Year honor in 2007, and he then undertook a three-year fellowship from the National Institutes of Health for surgical oncology training and clinical oversight. Over the course of his decades-long career as an ENT in Hammond, Mansueto became a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Chest Physicians, a diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology, and a member of the American Board of Facial and Reconstructive Surgery. Mansueto is survived by his daughter, Connie; two sons, Joe and Daniel; seven grandchildren; a brother, Raymond; and a sister, Filomena Wagner. He was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Sara, a nurse whom he met at University of Illinois during his residency; a son, John; and a brother, Michael. illinois medicine | 41