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{{short description|Canadian-American endocrinologist}} {{short description|Canadian-American endocrinologist}}
{{Infobox person {{Infobox person
| name = Virginia V. Weldon | name = Virginia V. Weldon
| image = | image = VirginiaVerralWeldon1953.jpg
| alt = | alt = A smiling young white woman with short dark hair
| caption = | caption = Virginia Verral (later Weldon), from a 1953 newspaper
| birth_name = Virginia Verral | birth_name = Virginia Ann Verral
| birth_date = September 8, 1935 | birth_date = September 8, 1935
| birth_place = Toronto, Canada | birth_place = Toronto, Canada
| death_date = May 23, 2024 (age 88) | death_date = May 23, 2024 (age 88)
| death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
| other_names = | other_names =
| occupation = Endocrinologist | occupation = Endocrinologist
| years_active = | years_active =
| known_for = | known_for =
| notable_works = | notable_works =
| spouse(s) = | spouse(s) =
| relatives = | relatives =
}} }}


'''Virginia Verral Weldon''' (September 8, 1935 – May 23, 2024) was a Canadian-born American pediatric endocrinologist, medical school professor, and hospital administrator, based for most of her career at ]. '''Virginia Ann Verral Weldon''' (September 8, 1935 – May 23, 2024) was a Canadian-born American pediatric endocrinologist, medical school professor, and hospital administrator, based for most of her career at ]. She was also a vice president at ], from 1989 to 1998.


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Virginia Verral was born in Toronto.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virginia Weldon - We've Come a Long Way, Maybe |url=http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/women/weldon.htm |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Bernard Becker Medical Library}}</ref> She graduated from ] in 1957, and earned her medical degree from the ] in 1962. She pursued further studies in pediatric endocrinology at ].<ref>{{Cite web |title= Virginia V. Weldon |url=http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/bios/weldon.htm |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Missouri Women in the Health Sciences: Biographies}}</ref> Virginia Verral was born in Toronto,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virginia Weldon - We've Come a Long Way, Maybe |url=http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/women/weldon.htm |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Bernard Becker Medical Library}}</ref> and raised in ],<ref>{{Cite news |date=1953-05-28 |title=35 Honor Seniors Listed at Academy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/elmira-star-gazette-35-honor-seniors-lis/160902294/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=Elmira Star-Gazette |pages=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the daughter of John Edward Verral and Carolyn Edith Swift Verral.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=October 13, 1963 |title=Virginia Verral Engaged to Wed Clarence Weldon; Pediatrician to Be Bride of Surgery Instructor at Johns Hopkins |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/10/13/89557003.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=The New York Times |pages=105 |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She graduated from ] in 1957, and earned her medical degree from the ] in 1962.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Virginia Verral Weldon |url=https://commencement-archive.wustl.edu/people/virginia-verral-weldon/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Commencement Archive 2014-2019 |language=en-US}}</ref> She pursued further studies in pediatric endocrinology at ].<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |title= Virginia V. Weldon |url=http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/bios/weldon.htm |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Missouri Women in the Health Sciences: Biographies}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Weldon served an internship and residency at ]. In 1968, she joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine, and became a professor of pediatrics. She rose to full professor status in 1979, and was co-director of the school's Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. From 1980 to 1989, she was vice president of the ]. She returned to Washington University briefly, in 1999, as director of the school's Center for the Study of American Business. Weldon served an internship and residency at ]. In 1968, she joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine, and became a professor of pediatrics. She rose to full professor status in 1979, and was co-director of the school's Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. From 1980 to 1989, she was vice president of the ]. She returned to Washington University briefly, in 1998, as director of the school's Center for the Stu<ref name=":15" />dy of American Business.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steyer |first=Robert |date=1998-05-22 |title=Weldon new business center head |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-weldon-new-busin/160903424/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=39 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>


Weldon was chair of the ] from 1985 to 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virginia Verral Weldon |url=https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_329.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Changing the Face of Medicine}}</ref> She was appointed to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in 1994. She served on an advisory board at the ]. From 1989 to 1998, Weldon worked for ] as an advisor, and as senior vice-president for public policy. From 1996, she was a member of the ] board of trustees. In 2000, she was appointed to a national advisory committee on ], in the ]. She was chair of the board of trustees of the ], from 2000 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Zak |date=2024-06-05 |title=SLSO Mourns the Passing of Dr. Virginia V. Weldon, former Board Chair |url=https://slso.org/slso-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-virginia-v-weldon-former-board-chair/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=Summer 1987 |title=HCMR interview: Virginia Weldon, David Gee, and James O. Hepner |url=https://journals.lww.com/hcmrjournal/abstract/1987/01230/hcmr_interview__virginia_weldon,_david_gee,_and.14.aspx |journal=Health Care Management Review |language=en-US |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=91 |issn=0361-6274}}</ref> Weldon turned down an offer to head the ] in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Signor |first=Roger |date=1984-03-01 |title=Washington U. Professor Rejects Federal Post |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-washington-u-pr/160903222/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=3 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She was chair of the ] from 1985 to 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Virginia Verral Weldon |url=https://cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physicians/biography_329.html |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Changing the Face of Medicine}}</ref> She was appointed to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in 1994. She served on an advisory board at the ]. From 1989 to 1998, Weldon worked for Monsanto as an advisor, and as senior vice-president for public policy. From 1996, she was a member of the ] board of trustees. In 2000, she was appointed to a national advisory committee on ], in the ]. She was chair of the board of trustees of the ], from 2000 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Greene |first=Zak |date=2024-06-05 |title=SLSO Mourns the Passing of Dr. Virginia V. Weldon, former Board Chair |url=https://slso.org/slso-mourns-the-passing-of-dr-virginia-v-weldon-former-board-chair/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=St. Louis Symphony Orchestra |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=Summer 1987 |title=HCMR interview: Virginia Weldon, David Gee, and James O. Hepner |url=https://journals.lww.com/hcmrjournal/abstract/1987/01230/hcmr_interview__virginia_weldon,_david_gee,_and.14.aspx |journal=Health Care Management Review |language=en-US |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.1097/00004010-198701230-00014 |pmid=3114172 |issn=0361-6274 |last1=Weldon |first1=V. |last2=Gee |first2=D. |last3=Hepner |first3=J. O. }}</ref>

==Honors==
Weldon was named a Woman of Achievement by the '']'' in 1978. She received the Smith College Medal in 1984. She was a fellow of the ] (AAAS). Weldon was named a Woman of Achievement by the '']'' in 1978. She received the Smith College Medal in 1984.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Greene |first=Liz |date=1984-02-13 |title=EFA graduate Weldon receives Smith College Medal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-gazette-efa-graduate-weldon-receive/160903101/ |access-date=2024-12-14 |work=Star-Gazette |pages=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1987, she was elected to the ].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Virginia V Weldon |url=https://nam.edu/member/?member_id=m%2F0X3hJt5os1LDI8DabLug%3D%3D |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=National Academy of Medicine}}</ref> She was a fellow of the ] (AAAS). She received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017.<ref name=":14" />


==Publications== ==Publications==
Weldon's research appeared in scholarly journals including ''],''<ref name=":0" /> ''],''<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> ''],''<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> ''],''<ref name=":5" /> ''],''<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |last1=Sneid |first1=David S. |last2=Jacobs |first2=Laurence S. |last3=Weldon |first3=Virginia V. |last4=Trivedi |first4=Bakula L. |last5=Daughaday |first5=William H. |date=1975-09-01 |title=Radioreceptor-Inactive Growth Hormone Associated with Stimulated Secretion in Normal Subjects1 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/41/3/471/2685125?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=471–474 |doi=10.1210/jcem-41-3-471 |pmid=169286 |issn=0021-972X}}</ref> '']'',<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /> '']'',<ref name=":10" /> '']'',<ref name=":11" /> '']'',<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal |last=Weldon |first=V. V. |date=February 1987 |title=Why the dinosaurs died: extinction or evolution? |url=https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/abstract/1987/02000/Why_the_dinosaurs_died__extinction_or_evolution_.5.aspx |journal=Academic Medicine |language=en-US |volume=62 |issue=2 |pages=109–115 |doi=10.1097/00001888-198702000-00005 |pmid=3806643 |issn=1040-2446}}</ref> and ''].''<ref name=":12" />
* "] secretion rates in normal subjects from infancy to adulthood" (1967, with Avinoam Kowarski and ])<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weldon |first=Virginia V. |last2=Kowarski |first2=Avinoam |last3=Migeon |first3=Claude J. |date=1967-05-01 |title=Aldosterone secretion rates in normal subjects from infancy to adulthood |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/39/5/713/43338/ALDOSTERONE-SECRETION-RATES-IN-NORMAL-SUBJECTS?autologincheck=redirected |journal=Pediatrics |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=713–723 |doi=10.1542/peds.39.5.713 |issn=0031-4005}}</ref>
* "Mortality risk of exchange transfusion" (1968, with Gerald B. Odell)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weldon |first=Virginia V. |last2=Odell |first2=Gerald B. |date=1968-04-01 |title=Mortality risk of exchange transfusion |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/41/4/797/78118/MORTALITY-RISK-OF-EXCHANGE-TRANSFUSION?autologincheck=redirected |journal=Pediatrics |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=797–801 |doi=10.1542/peds.41.4.797 |issn=0031-4005}}</ref> * "Newborn girls misdiagnosed as bilaterally ] males" (1966, with Robert M. Blizzard and ])<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Weldon |first1=Virginia V. |last2=Blizzard |first2=Robert M. |last3=Migeon |first3=Claude J. |date=1966-04-14 |title=Newborn Girls Misdiagnosed as Bilaterally Cryptorchid Males |url=http://www.nejm.org/doi/abs/10.1056/NEJM196604142741505 |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |language=en |volume=274 |issue=15 |pages=829–833 |doi=10.1056/NEJM196604142741505 |pmid=4379560 |issn=0028-4793}}</ref>
* "Transplacental passage and fetal secretion of aldosterone" (1970, with Francis Bayard, Isadore G. Ances, Alan J. Tapper, Avinoam Kowarski, and Claude J. Migeon)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bayard |first=Francis |last2=Ances |first2=Isadore G. |last3=Tapper |first3=Alan J. |last4=Weldon |first4=Virginia V. |last5=Kowarski |first5=Avinoam |last6=Migeon |first6=Claude J. |date=1970-07-01 |title=Transplacental passage and fetal secretion of aldosterone |url=http://www.jci.org/articles/view/106356 |journal=Journal of Clinical Investigation |language=en |volume=49 |issue=7 |pages=1389–1393 |doi=10.1172/JCI106356 |issn=0021-9738 |pmid=5432371}}</ref> * "Comparative effect of animal ] and ] (HGH) in ] children" (1966, with Robert M. Blizzard, ], Melvin E. Jenkins, John S. Spaulding, Aaron Glick, Gerald F. Powell, and Salvatore Raiti)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Blizzard |first1=Robert M. |last2=Drash |first2=Allan L. |last3=Jenkins |first3=Melvin E. |last4=Spaulding |first4=John S. |last5=Glick |first5=Aaron |last6=Weldon |first6=Virginia V. |last7=Powell |first7=Gerald F. |last8=Raiti |first8=Salvatore |date=1966-08-01 |title=Comparative Effect of Animal Prolactins and Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in Hypopituitary Children |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/26/8/852/2718006?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |volume=26 |issue=8 |pages=852–858 |doi=10.1210/jcem-26-8-852 |pmid=5921153 |issn=0021-972X}}</ref>

* "The use of ] in the diagnosis of hyposomatotropism in children" (1973, with Santosh K. Gupta, Morey W. Haymond, Anthony S. Pagliara, Laurence S. Jacobs, and William H. Daughaday)
* "Evaluation of growth hormone release in children using ] and l-dopa in combination" (1975, with Santosh K. Gupta, Georgeanna Klingensmith, William L. Clarke, Stephen C. Duck, Morey W. Haymond, and Anthony S. Pagliara)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Weldon |first=Virginia V. |last2=Gupta |first2=Santosh K. |last3=Klingensmith |first3=Georgeanna |last4=Clarke |first4=William L. |last5=Duck |first5=Stephen C. |last6=Haymond |first6=Morey W. |last7=Pagliara |first7=Anthony S. |date=October 1975 |title=Evaluation of growth hormone release in children using arginine and l-dopa in combination |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002234767580816X |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=87 |issue=4 |pages=540–544 |doi=10.1016/s0022-3476(75)80816-x |issn=0022-3476}}</ref> * "] secretion rates in normal subjects from infancy to adulthood" (1967, with Avinoam Kowarski and Claude J. Migeon)<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Weldon |first1=Virginia V. |last2=Kowarski |first2=Avinoam |last3=Migeon |first3=Claude J. |date=1967-05-01 |title=Aldosterone secretion rates in normal subjects from infancy to adulthood |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/39/5/713/43338/ALDOSTERONE-SECRETION-RATES-IN-NORMAL-SUBJECTS?autologincheck=redirected |journal=Pediatrics |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=713–723 |doi=10.1542/peds.39.5.713 |pmid=6026874 |issn=0031-4005}}</ref>
* "The role of growth hormone and ] on glucose and gluconeogenic substrate regulation in fasted ] children" (1976, with Morey W. Haymond, Irene Karl, and Anthony S. Pagliara)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Haymond |first=Morey W. |last2=Karl |first2=Irene |last3=Weldon |first3=Virginia V. |last4=Pagliara |first4=Anthony S. |date=1976-05-01 |title=The Role of Growth Hormone and Cortisone on Glucose and Gluconeogenic Substrate Regulation in Fasted Hypopituitary Children |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/42/5/846/2684593?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=846–856 |doi=10.1210/jcem-42-5-846 |issn=0021-972X}}</ref> * "Mortality risk of exchange transfusion" (1968, with Gerald B. Odell)<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Weldon |first1=Virginia V. |last2=Odell |first2=Gerald B. |date=1968-04-01 |title=Mortality risk of exchange transfusion |url=https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/41/4/797/78118/MORTALITY-RISK-OF-EXCHANGE-TRANSFUSION?autologincheck=redirected |journal=Pediatrics |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=797–801 |doi=10.1542/peds.41.4.797 |pmid=5689408 |issn=0031-4005}}</ref>
* "] complicating therapy for ]" (1976, with Stephen C. Duck, Anthony S. Pagliara, and Morey W. Haymond)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Duck |first=Stephen C |last2=Weldon |first2=Virginia V |last3=Pagliara |first3=Aanthony S |last4=Haymond |first4=Morey W |date=1976-02-01 |title=Cerebral Edema Complicating Therapy for Diabetic Ketoacidosis |url=https://diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/article/25/2/111/2605/Cerebral-Edema-Complicating-Therapy-for-Diabetic |journal=Diabetes |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=111–115 |doi=10.2337/diab.25.2.111 |issn=0012-1797}}</ref> * "Transplacental passage and fetal secretion of aldosterone" (1970, with Francis Bayard, Isadore G. Ances, Alan J. Tapper, Avinoam Kowarski, and Claude J. Migeon)<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal |last1=Bayard |first1=Francis |last2=Ances |first2=Isadore G. |last3=Tapper |first3=Alan J. |last4=Weldon |first4=Virginia V. |last5=Kowarski |first5=Avinoam |last6=Migeon |first6=Claude J. |date=1970-07-01 |title=Transplacental passage and fetal secretion of aldosterone |url=http://www.jci.org/articles/view/106356 |journal=Journal of Clinical Investigation |language=en |volume=49 |issue=7 |pages=1389–1393 |doi=10.1172/JCI106356 |issn=0021-9738 |pmid=5432371|pmc=322612 }}</ref>
* "Topically applied ] and phallic growth: Its effect in male children with hypopituitarism and ]" (1980, with Ehud Ben-Galim and Richard E. Hillman)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ben-Galim |first=Ehud |date=1980-03-01 |title=Topically Applied Testosterone and Phallic Growth: Its Effect in Male Children With Hypopituitarism and Microphallus |url=http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130150050013 |journal=American Journal of Diseases of Children |language=en |volume=134 |issue=3 |pages=296 |doi=10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130150050013 |issn=0002-922X}}</ref> * "The use of ] in the diagnosis of hyposomatotropism in children" (1973, with Santosh K. Gupta, Morey W. Haymond, Anthony S. Pagliara, Laurence S. Jacobs, and William H. Daughaday)<ref name=":6">{{Cite journal |last1=Sneid |first1=David S. |last2=Jacobs |first2=Laurence S. |last3=Weldon |first3=Virginia V. |last4=Trivedi |first4=Bakula L. |last5=Daughaday |first5=William H. |date=1975-09-01 |title=Radioreceptor-Inactive Growth Hormone Associated with Stimulated Secretion in Normal Subjects1 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/41/3/471/2685125?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=471–474 |doi=10.1210/jcem-41-3-471 |pmid=169286 |issn=0021-972X}}</ref>
* "]" (1982, with Teresa Frazer, James R. Gavin, William H. Daughaday, and Richard E. Hillman)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Frazer |first=Teresa |last2=Gavin |first2=James R. |last3=Daughaday |first3=William H. |last4=Hillman |first4=Richard E. |last5=Weldon |first5=Virginia V. |date=July 1982 |title=Growth hormone-dependent growth failure |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022347682801716 |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=12–15 |doi=10.1016/s0022-3476(82)80171-6 |issn=0022-3476}}</ref> * "Female ] secondary to a maternal virilizing tumor: Case report and review of the literature" (1973, with Morey W. Haymond)<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Haymond |first1=Morey W. |last2=Weldon |first2=Virginia V. |date=April 1973 |title=Female pseudohermaphroditism secondary to a maternal virilizing tumor |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022347673805980 |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=82 |issue=4 |pages=682–686 |doi=10.1016/s0022-3476(73)80598-0 |pmid=4735410 |issn=0022-3476}}</ref>
* "Radioreceptor-inactive growth hormone associated with stimulated secretion in normal subjects" (1975, with David S. Sneid, Laurence S. Jacobs, Bakula L. Trivedi, and William H. Daughaday)<ref name=":7" />
* "Evaluation of growth hormone release in children using ] and l-dopa in combination" (1975, with Santosh K. Gupta, Georgeanna Klingensmith, William L. Clarke, Stephen C. Duck, Morey W. Haymond, and Anthony S. Pagliara)<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Weldon |first1=Virginia V. |last2=Gupta |first2=Santosh K. |last3=Klingensmith |first3=Georgeanna |last4=Clarke |first4=William L. |last5=Duck |first5=Stephen C. |last6=Haymond |first6=Morey W. |last7=Pagliara |first7=Anthony S. |date=October 1975 |title=Evaluation of growth hormone release in children using arginine and l-dopa in combination |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002234767580816X |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=87 |issue=4 |pages=540–544 |doi=10.1016/s0022-3476(75)80816-x |pmid=1159580 |issn=0022-3476}}</ref>
* "The role of growth hormone and ] on glucose and gluconeogenic substrate regulation in fasted hypopituitary children" (1976, with Morey W. Haymond, Irene Karl, and Anthony S. Pagliara)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Haymond |first1=Morey W. |last2=Karl |first2=Irene |last3=Weldon |first3=Virginia V. |last4=Pagliara |first4=Anthony S. |date=1976-05-01 |title=The Role of Growth Hormone and Cortisone on Glucose and Gluconeogenic Substrate Regulation in Fasted Hypopituitary Children |url=https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/42/5/846/2684593?redirectedFrom=fulltext |journal=The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism |volume=42 |issue=5 |pages=846–856 |doi=10.1210/jcem-42-5-846 |pmid=178683 |issn=0021-972X}}</ref>
* "] complicating therapy for ]" (1976, with Stephen C. Duck, Anthony S. Pagliara, and Morey W. Haymond)<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal |last1=Duck |first1=Stephen C |last2=Weldon |first2=Virginia V |last3=Pagliara |first3=Aanthony S |last4=Haymond |first4=Morey W |date=1976-02-01 |title=Cerebral Edema Complicating Therapy for Diabetic Ketoacidosis |url=https://diabetesjournals.org/diabetes/article/25/2/111/2605/Cerebral-Edema-Complicating-Therapy-for-Diabetic |journal=Diabetes |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=111–115 |doi=10.2337/diab.25.2.111 |pmid=814023 |issn=0012-1797}}</ref>
* "Topically applied ] and phallic growth: Its effect in male children with hypopituitarism and ]" (1980, with Ehud Ben-Galim and Richard E. Hillman)<ref name=":8">{{Cite journal |last=Ben-Galim |first=Ehud |date=1980-03-01 |title=Topically Applied Testosterone and Phallic Growth: Its Effect in Male Children With Hypopituitarism and Microphallus |url=http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130150050013 |journal=American Journal of Diseases of Children |language=en |volume=134 |issue=3 |pages=296–298 |doi=10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130150050013 |pmid=7361738 |issn=0002-922X}}</ref>
* "Fetal and maternal virilization associated with pregnancy" (1982, with Debra A. Cohen and William H. Daughaday)<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal |last=Cohen |first=Debra A. |date=1982-04-01 |title=Fetal and Maternal Virilization Associated With Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |url=http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970400071018 |journal=American Journal of Diseases of Children |language=en |volume=136 |issue=4 |pages=353–356 |doi=10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970400071018 |pmid=6280491 |issn=0002-922X}}</ref>
* "]" (1982, with Teresa Frazer, James R. Gavin, William H. Daughaday, and Richard E. Hillman)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Frazer |first1=Teresa |last2=Gavin |first2=James R. |last3=Daughaday |first3=William H. |last4=Hillman |first4=Richard E. |last5=Weldon |first5=Virginia V. |date=July 1982 |title=Growth hormone-dependent growth failure |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022347682801716 |journal=The Journal of Pediatrics |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=12–15 |doi=10.1016/s0022-3476(82)80171-6 |pmid=7086612 |issn=0022-3476}}</ref>
* "Hypopituitarism and ] in first cousins" (1985, with Sandra L. Blethen, John M. Opitz, and James F. Reynolds)<ref name=":10">{{Cite journal |last1=Blethen |first1=Sandra L. |last2=Weldon |first2=Virginia V. |last3=Opitz |first3=John M. |last4=Reynolds |first4=James F. |date=1985 |title=Hypopituitarism and septooptic "dysplasia" in first cousins |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajmg.1320210118 |journal=American Journal of Medical Genetics |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=123–129 |doi=10.1002/ajmg.1320210118 |pmid=4003437 |issn=1096-8628}}</ref>
* "Outcome in children with normal growth following removal of a ]" (1986, with Sandra L. Blethen)<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal |last1=Blethen |first1=Sandra L. |last2=Weldon |first2=Virginia V. |date=1986-07-01 |title=Outcome in Children with Normal Growth Following Removal of a Craniopharyngioma |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0002962915369354 |journal=The American Journal of the Medical Sciences |volume=292 |issue=1 |pages=21–24 |doi=10.1097/00000441-198607000-00004 |pmid=3717202 |issn=0002-9629}}</ref>
* "Why the dinosaurs died: extinction or evolution?" (1987)<ref name=":13" />


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Weldon married twice. Her second husband was Francis Austin Jr. She had two daughters, Ann and Susan. She died in 2024, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Caltech Mourns the Passing of Trustee Virginia V. Weldon (1935–2024) |url=https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-trustee-virginia-weldon-1935-2024 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=California Institute of Technology |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-05-26 |title=Virginia Weldon Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/virginia-weldon-obituary?pid=206995877 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Legacy.com |language=en}}</ref> Weldon married twice. Her first husband was medical educator Clarence S. Weldon; they married in 1963<ref name=":16" /> and had two daughters. Her second husband was Francis Austin Jr. She died in 2024, at the age of 88.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-26 |title=Caltech Mourns the Passing of Trustee Virginia V. Weldon (1935–2024) |url=https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-trustee-virginia-weldon-1935-2024 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=California Institute of Technology |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-05-26 |title=Virginia Weldon Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/virginia-weldon-obituary?pid=206995877 |access-date=2024-12-14 |website=Legacy.com |language=en}}</ref>
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Canadian-American endocrinologist
Virginia V. Weldon
A smiling young white woman with short dark hairVirginia Verral (later Weldon), from a 1953 newspaper
BornVirginia Ann Verral
September 8, 1935
Toronto, Canada
DiedMay 23, 2024 (age 88)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationEndocrinologist

Virginia Ann Verral Weldon (September 8, 1935 – May 23, 2024) was a Canadian-born American pediatric endocrinologist, medical school professor, and hospital administrator, based for most of her career at Washington University School of Medicine. She was also a vice president at Monsanto, from 1989 to 1998.

Early life and education

Virginia Verral was born in Toronto, and raised in Elmira, New York, the daughter of John Edward Verral and Carolyn Edith Swift Verral. She graduated from Smith College in 1957, and earned her medical degree from the University of Buffalo School of Medicine in 1962. She pursued further studies in pediatric endocrinology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Career

Weldon served an internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In 1968, she joined the faculty of Washington University School of Medicine, and became a professor of pediatrics. She rose to full professor status in 1979, and was co-director of the school's Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. From 1980 to 1989, she was vice president of the Washington University Medical Center. She returned to Washington University briefly, in 1998, as director of the school's Center for the Study of American Business.

Weldon turned down an offer to head the United States Food and Drug Administration in 1984. She was chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges from 1985 to 1986. She was appointed to the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology in 1994. She served on an advisory board at the National Institutes of Health. From 1989 to 1998, Weldon worked for Monsanto as an advisor, and as senior vice-president for public policy. From 1996, she was a member of the Caltech board of trustees. In 2000, she was appointed to a national advisory committee on agricultural biotechnology, in the United States Department of Agriculture. She was chair of the board of trustees of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, from 2000 to 2005.

Weldon was named a Woman of Achievement by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1978. She received the Smith College Medal in 1984. In 1987, she was elected to the Institute of Medicine. She was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 2017.

Publications

Weldon's research appeared in scholarly journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, The Journal of Pediatrics, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, American Journal of Diseases of Children, American Journal of Medical Genetics, American Journal of the Medical Sciences, Academic Medicine, and Diabetes.

  • "Aldosterone secretion rates in normal subjects from infancy to adulthood" (1967, with Avinoam Kowarski and Claude J. Migeon)
  • "Mortality risk of exchange transfusion" (1968, with Gerald B. Odell)
  • "Transplacental passage and fetal secretion of aldosterone" (1970, with Francis Bayard, Isadore G. Ances, Alan J. Tapper, Avinoam Kowarski, and Claude J. Migeon)
  • "The use of L-dopa in the diagnosis of hyposomatotropism in children" (1973, with Santosh K. Gupta, Morey W. Haymond, Anthony S. Pagliara, Laurence S. Jacobs, and William H. Daughaday)
  • "Female pseudohermaphroditism secondary to a maternal virilizing tumor: Case report and review of the literature" (1973, with Morey W. Haymond)
  • "Radioreceptor-inactive growth hormone associated with stimulated secretion in normal subjects" (1975, with David S. Sneid, Laurence S. Jacobs, Bakula L. Trivedi, and William H. Daughaday)
  • "Evaluation of growth hormone release in children using arginine and l-dopa in combination" (1975, with Santosh K. Gupta, Georgeanna Klingensmith, William L. Clarke, Stephen C. Duck, Morey W. Haymond, and Anthony S. Pagliara)
  • "The role of growth hormone and cortisone on glucose and gluconeogenic substrate regulation in fasted hypopituitary children" (1976, with Morey W. Haymond, Irene Karl, and Anthony S. Pagliara)
  • "Cerebral edema complicating therapy for diabetic ketoacidosis" (1976, with Stephen C. Duck, Anthony S. Pagliara, and Morey W. Haymond)
  • "Topically applied testosterone and phallic growth: Its effect in male children with hypopituitarism and microphallus" (1980, with Ehud Ben-Galim and Richard E. Hillman)
  • "Fetal and maternal virilization associated with pregnancy" (1982, with Debra A. Cohen and William H. Daughaday)
  • "Growth hormone-dependent growth failure" (1982, with Teresa Frazer, James R. Gavin, William H. Daughaday, and Richard E. Hillman)
  • "Hypopituitarism and septooptic 'dysplasia' in first cousins" (1985, with Sandra L. Blethen, John M. Opitz, and James F. Reynolds)
  • "Outcome in children with normal growth following removal of a craniopharyngioma" (1986, with Sandra L. Blethen)
  • "Why the dinosaurs died: extinction or evolution?" (1987)

Personal life

Weldon married twice. Her first husband was medical educator Clarence S. Weldon; they married in 1963 and had two daughters. Her second husband was Francis Austin Jr. She died in 2024, at the age of 88.

References

  1. "Virginia Weldon - We've Come a Long Way, Maybe". Bernard Becker Medical Library. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  2. "35 Honor Seniors Listed at Academy". Elmira Star-Gazette. 1953-05-28. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-12-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Virginia Verral Engaged to Wed Clarence Weldon; Pediatrician to Be Bride of Surgery Instructor at Johns Hopkins". The New York Times. October 13, 1963. p. 105. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  4. ^ "Virginia Verral Weldon". Commencement Archive 2014-2019. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  5. ^ "Virginia V. Weldon". Missouri Women in the Health Sciences: Biographies. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  6. Steyer, Robert (1998-05-22). "Weldon new business center head". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-12-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Signor, Roger (1984-03-01). "Washington U. Professor Rejects Federal Post". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-12-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Virginia Verral Weldon". Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  9. Greene, Zak (2024-06-05). "SLSO Mourns the Passing of Dr. Virginia V. Weldon, former Board Chair". St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  10. Weldon, V.; Gee, D.; Hepner, J. O. (Summer 1987). "HCMR interview: Virginia Weldon, David Gee, and James O. Hepner". Health Care Management Review. 12 (3): 91–98. doi:10.1097/00004010-198701230-00014. ISSN 0361-6274. PMID 3114172.
  11. Greene, Liz (1984-02-13). "EFA graduate Weldon receives Smith College Medal". Star-Gazette. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-12-14 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Dr. Virginia V Weldon". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  13. ^ Weldon, Virginia V.; Blizzard, Robert M.; Migeon, Claude J. (1966-04-14). "Newborn Girls Misdiagnosed as Bilaterally Cryptorchid Males". New England Journal of Medicine. 274 (15): 829–833. doi:10.1056/NEJM196604142741505. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 4379560.
  14. ^ Weldon, Virginia V.; Kowarski, Avinoam; Migeon, Claude J. (1967-05-01). "Aldosterone secretion rates in normal subjects from infancy to adulthood". Pediatrics. 39 (5): 713–723. doi:10.1542/peds.39.5.713. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 6026874.
  15. ^ Weldon, Virginia V.; Odell, Gerald B. (1968-04-01). "Mortality risk of exchange transfusion". Pediatrics. 41 (4): 797–801. doi:10.1542/peds.41.4.797. ISSN 0031-4005. PMID 5689408.
  16. ^ Haymond, Morey W.; Weldon, Virginia V. (April 1973). "Female pseudohermaphroditism secondary to a maternal virilizing tumor". The Journal of Pediatrics. 82 (4): 682–686. doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(73)80598-0. ISSN 0022-3476. PMID 4735410.
  17. ^ Weldon, Virginia V.; Gupta, Santosh K.; Klingensmith, Georgeanna; Clarke, William L.; Duck, Stephen C.; Haymond, Morey W.; Pagliara, Anthony S. (October 1975). "Evaluation of growth hormone release in children using arginine and l-dopa in combination". The Journal of Pediatrics. 87 (4): 540–544. doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(75)80816-x. ISSN 0022-3476. PMID 1159580.
  18. ^ Bayard, Francis; Ances, Isadore G.; Tapper, Alan J.; Weldon, Virginia V.; Kowarski, Avinoam; Migeon, Claude J. (1970-07-01). "Transplacental passage and fetal secretion of aldosterone". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 49 (7): 1389–1393. doi:10.1172/JCI106356. ISSN 0021-9738. PMC 322612. PMID 5432371.
  19. ^ Sneid, David S.; Jacobs, Laurence S.; Weldon, Virginia V.; Trivedi, Bakula L.; Daughaday, William H. (1975-09-01). "Radioreceptor-Inactive Growth Hormone Associated with Stimulated Secretion in Normal Subjects1". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 41 (3): 471–474. doi:10.1210/jcem-41-3-471. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 169286.
  20. ^ Sneid, David S.; Jacobs, Laurence S.; Weldon, Virginia V.; Trivedi, Bakula L.; Daughaday, William H. (1975-09-01). "Radioreceptor-Inactive Growth Hormone Associated with Stimulated Secretion in Normal Subjects1". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 41 (3): 471–474. doi:10.1210/jcem-41-3-471. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 169286.
  21. ^ Ben-Galim, Ehud (1980-03-01). "Topically Applied Testosterone and Phallic Growth: Its Effect in Male Children With Hypopituitarism and Microphallus". American Journal of Diseases of Children. 134 (3): 296–298. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130150050013. ISSN 0002-922X. PMID 7361738.
  22. ^ Cohen, Debra A. (1982-04-01). "Fetal and Maternal Virilization Associated With Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature". American Journal of Diseases of Children. 136 (4): 353–356. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1982.03970400071018. ISSN 0002-922X. PMID 6280491.
  23. ^ Blethen, Sandra L.; Weldon, Virginia V.; Opitz, John M.; Reynolds, James F. (1985). "Hypopituitarism and septooptic "dysplasia" in first cousins". American Journal of Medical Genetics. 21 (1): 123–129. doi:10.1002/ajmg.1320210118. ISSN 1096-8628. PMID 4003437.
  24. ^ Blethen, Sandra L.; Weldon, Virginia V. (1986-07-01). "Outcome in Children with Normal Growth Following Removal of a Craniopharyngioma". The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 292 (1): 21–24. doi:10.1097/00000441-198607000-00004. ISSN 0002-9629. PMID 3717202.
  25. ^ Weldon, V. V. (February 1987). "Why the dinosaurs died: extinction or evolution?". Academic Medicine. 62 (2): 109–115. doi:10.1097/00001888-198702000-00005. ISSN 1040-2446. PMID 3806643.
  26. ^ Duck, Stephen C; Weldon, Virginia V; Pagliara, Aanthony S; Haymond, Morey W (1976-02-01). "Cerebral Edema Complicating Therapy for Diabetic Ketoacidosis". Diabetes. 25 (2): 111–115. doi:10.2337/diab.25.2.111. ISSN 0012-1797. PMID 814023.
  27. Blizzard, Robert M.; Drash, Allan L.; Jenkins, Melvin E.; Spaulding, John S.; Glick, Aaron; Weldon, Virginia V.; Powell, Gerald F.; Raiti, Salvatore (1966-08-01). "Comparative Effect of Animal Prolactins and Human Growth Hormone (HGH) in Hypopituitary Children". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 26 (8): 852–858. doi:10.1210/jcem-26-8-852. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 5921153.
  28. Haymond, Morey W.; Karl, Irene; Weldon, Virginia V.; Pagliara, Anthony S. (1976-05-01). "The Role of Growth Hormone and Cortisone on Glucose and Gluconeogenic Substrate Regulation in Fasted Hypopituitary Children". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 42 (5): 846–856. doi:10.1210/jcem-42-5-846. ISSN 0021-972X. PMID 178683.
  29. Frazer, Teresa; Gavin, James R.; Daughaday, William H.; Hillman, Richard E.; Weldon, Virginia V. (July 1982). "Growth hormone-dependent growth failure". The Journal of Pediatrics. 101 (1): 12–15. doi:10.1016/s0022-3476(82)80171-6. ISSN 0022-3476. PMID 7086612.
  30. "Caltech Mourns the Passing of Trustee Virginia V. Weldon (1935–2024)". California Institute of Technology. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  31. "Virginia Weldon Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information". Legacy.com. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
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