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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 Washington University School of Medicine.

Early life and education

Virginia Verral was born in Toronto. 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 1999, as director of the school's Center for the Study of American Business.

Weldon 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.

Honors

Weldon was named a Woman of Achievement by the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1978. She received the Smith College Medal in 1984. She was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Publications

• "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)
• "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)
• "Growth hormone-dependent growth failure" (1982, with Teresa Frazer, James R. Gavin, William H. Daughaday, and Richard E. Hillman)

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.

References

1. "Virginia Weldon - We've Come a Long Way, Maybe". Bernard Becker Medical Library. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
2. "Virginia V. Weldon". Missouri Women in the Health Sciences: Biographies. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
3. "Virginia Verral Weldon". Changing the Face of Medicine. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
4. 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.
5. "HCMR interview: Virginia Weldon, David Gee, and James O. Hepner". Health Care Management Review. 12 (3): 91. Summer 1987. ISSN 0361-6274.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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. PMID 5432371.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1980.02130150050013. ISSN 0002-922X.
13. 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.
14. "Caltech Mourns the Passing of Trustee Virginia V. Weldon (1935–2024)". California Institute of Technology. 2024-06-26. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
15. admin (2024-05-26). "Virginia Weldon Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-12-14.

• 1935 births
• 2024 deaths
• People from Toronto
• Smith College alumni
• Washington University School of Medicine faculty
• American endocrinologists
• American hospital administrators