Obituary
Dr. Italo Frederick Volini was born on May 24, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Dr. Camillo and Virginia (Botto) Volini. He was educated at the University of Chicago, B.S. 1915; and Rush Medical College, M.D. 1917. In 1925 he married Marcella Ringwald. Dr. Volini served as Professor of Medicine at Cook County Graduate School of Medicine, of which he was vice president and member of the Board of Trustees and chairman of the Department of Medicine. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine, Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University since 1929 and a member of the President's Council of Loyola University. Dr. Volini also served as vice president and attending physician of Cook County Hospital and as consultant to Holy Cross, Columbus, Oak Park, St. Anne's, St. Bernard's, St. Elizabeth's Hospitals and St. Mary's Hospital, Gary, Indiana. He was honorary president of the staff at Mother Cabrini Hospital and Columbus Hospital, and a staff member of the department of medicine at Grant Hospital, St. Joseph's Hospital, University Hospital and Frank Cuneo Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Chicago College of Dental Surgery, Loyola University; Board of Directors, Provident Hospital Associates; Board of Directors and Treasurer, member Public Relations Committee, American Research and Education Foundation for Chest Disease; Executive Board Hektoen Research Institute. Dr. Volini was former Dean of the Stritch School of Medicine of Loyola University.
Dr. Volini was active on the Executive Board of the Catholic Charities, a Knight of St. Gregory and a member of the Knights of Columbus Chicago Council. He was a member of the Medical and Surgical Society of Bologna, Italy, and the Academy of Medicine of Rome, Italy. He was a member of the III Inter-American Cardiological Congress and was official delegate for the Italian Government appointed by the Italian Premier to the A.M.A. Centennial, Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1948. Dr. Volini served on the board of governors of the Chicago Heart Association and the Illinois Heart Association and was a member of the scientific council of the American Heart Association.
Dr. Volini was a Fellow of the American Medical Association and the American College of Physicians, former president of the Chicago Society of Internal Medicine, member of the Illinois State Medical Society, Chicago Medical Society, Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Association for the Study of Internal Secretions, Chicago Society of Medical History, Institute of Medicine of Chicago and the Central Society of Clinical Research. He was a member of the Board of Trustees and medical advisor of the Hematology Research Foundation; Founder and member of the United States Committee in support of the World Medical Association; member of the national executive committee of American Medical Relief for Italy; Chief Associate Examiner, National Board of Medical Examiners; Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science; member, American Board of Internal Medicine, subspecialty Board of Cardiology, Chicago Tuberculosis Society, Medical Advisory Council of Cook County Institutions.
He was a former director of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and former president of the Italian Academy of Medicine and the Dante Alighieri Society. He had also served as chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banco di Napoli Trust Company. Dr. Volini had received two decorations: Italian Government Cavaliere and Cavaliere Officials of the Crown of Italy.
During the First World War he served as lieutenant, U.S. Army A. E. F. He was a former member of the Board of Education of Chicago.
Dr. Volini was a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, held office as Governor of the College for the State of Illinois, and at the time of his death was Regent of the College for District No. 7. He also served as secretary and member of the Council on European Affairs of the College.
More than 63 articles on Dr. Volini's investigations in clinical research have been published. He died on June 24, 1950 and is survived by his widow and ten children.
Charles K. Petter, M.D., Governor for Illinois