CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDEES

A. Stuart Hanson D’59, MED’60, a pulmonary medicine and critical care physician from 1971 to 2012, dedicated his career to patient care, smoking reduction, and improving working conditions in healthcare. Now retired from clinical care, Stu has served since 2010 as president of the nonprofit Behavior at Work Collaborative, which focuses on creating abuse-free work environments. Dr. Hanson served in many leadership positions over his four decades as a practicing pulmonologist. As a leader in smoking-cessation campaigns, Stu was past president and board chair of Smoke-Free Generation Minnesota, and he was the founding president and board chair of the Minnesota Coalition for a Smoke-Free Society. He also served as vice chair of the Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco.

John A. Zaia MED’66 has made significant contributions throughout his 55-year career to the fields of virology and infectious diseases, especially concerning gene therapy for AIDS, vaccines, and immune globulin therapies for viral diseases. He has worked for 42 years at City of Hope National Medical Center as a pediatrician and virologist. Among his current leadership roles at City of Hope, he serves as the director of the Center for Gene Therapy within the Hematologic Malignancies and Stem Cell Transplantation Institute, as the founding director of the Infectious Diseases Section in the Department of Pediatrics, and as the director of the City of Hope Alpha Stem Cell Clinic. He also currently serves on a number of committees and boards.