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Kentucky, numerous photocopied speeches and publications of Dr. Pisacano’s, and a few
photocopied newspaper articles pertaining to him. The original of the copied items are held by the
American Board of Family Medicine in Lexington, Kentucky.
Pittenger, Rex A. M.D. (1919-1999)
1968-1970
1 slim document case – See also: Library Collection
Rex A. Pittenger, M.D. was born in 1919, and received his M.D. from the University of Minnesota
School of Medicine in 1948. He served as a clinical associate professor of Psychiatry at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical School, and as head of the Staunton Clinic.
Dr. Pittenger’s collection consists of publications and materials relating to Balint Seminars for
Family Physicians which were conducted at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine during
the period 1968-1970: Bibliography- Research in General Practice (Rev. ed.) by Lucy Zabarenko
and Etta Zwell (1968); Training for Family Practice: A Selected Bibliography by Mary Etta Zwell
and Lucy Zabarenko (1970); and “The Psychodynamics of Physicianhood” by Ralph N. Zabarenko,
Lucy Zabarenko and Rex A. Pittenger (reprinted from Psychiatry: Journal for the Study of
Interpersonal Processes, (February 1970) 33:102-117.)
Post, S. Perry, M.D. (1915-2007)
1948-1955, 1962-1963, 1971-1987, 1994-1995
1 slim document case – See also: Photograph Collection
S. Perry Post M.D. was born February 24, 1915, in San Antonio, Texas, where he would spend most
of his life. He attended St. Mary’s University for his undergraduate training, and earned his M.D.
from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston in 1938. During World War II,
Post served in the Army Medical Corps for a five year period, 1941 to 1946, ascending as high as the
rank of Major. Prior to his military service, Post practiced family medicine for a period in Boerne,
Texas and returned to family practice, serving the Jefferson area of San Antonio, after the war. Post
was a charter member of the AAGP in 1948 and served as president of the Alamo Chapter of the
AAGP in 1953. Post was twice named the Physician of the Year by the Alamo Chapter of the Texas
Academy of Family Physicians (TAFP). Soon, however, he turned his focus to other endeavors in
family medicine. In 1972, Post was elected President of the Bexar County Medical Society and one
year later he joined the faculty of the University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio.
There he served as a professor in the Department of Family Practice and as Director of the Student
Health Center. He was named an AAFP Fellow in 1973. In 1984, Dr. Post retired but remained
active in medicine working as Clinic Director for family planning clinics on the south and east sides
of San Antonio until 1998. The TAFP awarded Post with the title “physician emeritus” in 1994. He
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