Clarence S. Weldon, M.D., retired professor of cardiothoracic surgery at the School of Medicine, died Monday, July 17, 2006 of renal failure in San Francisco. He was 77.
Weldon joined the University in 1968 as professor and head of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, where he remained for 20 years, with special interests in congenital heart disease and pediatric heart surgery.
He was also chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Barnes and St. Louis Children’s hospitals.
Throughout his career, Weldon wrote or co-wrote numerous papers and contributed to surgical texts.
Weldon was married to Virginia V. Weldon, M.D., for 23 years until 1985.
He is survived by his daughters, Ann Weldon Doyle of San Francisco and Susan Weldon Erlinger of St. Charles, Mo., and two grandchildren.