Dr. Anthony Fauci biography: 20 things about immunologist born in Brooklyn, New York

Who is Dr. Anthony Fauci?

Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci is an American physician and immunologist of Italian and Swiss descent. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, he is the second child of Stephen A. Fauci and Eugenia Lillian Abys Fauci, who owned a pharmacy in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.

Stephen, a pharmacist, is the son of Antonino Fauci and Calogera Guardino, who were from Sciacca, Italy. Eugenia is the daughter of Giovanni Abys, an artist from Switzerland, and Raffaella Trematerra, a seamstress from Naples, Italy.

Raised Catholic, Anthony attended Regis High School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in New York City. He captained the school’s basketball team.

Anthony is 5’7″ tall. Here are 20 more things about him:

1. In 1958, he graduated from Regis High School.
2. In 1962, he earned his bachelor’s degree in Classics with a pre-med track from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
3. In 1966, he graduated first in his class from Cornell University Medical College on the Upper East Side with a medical degree.
4. In 1968, he joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a clinical associate in the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LCI) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).
5. In 1984, he became the NIAID director.
6. He started being a public health advisor to every U.S. president when Ronald Reagan, the country’s 40th president, was in office from January 20, 1981 to January 20, 1989.
7. In 1985, he married nurse and bioethicist Christine Grady.
8. On August 14, 1986, Grady gave birth to their daughter Jennifer Ellen Fauci.
9. In 1989, Grady gave birth to their daughter Megan Elizabeth Fauci.
10. In April 1992, Grady gave birth to their daughter Alison Christine Fauci.
11. He received Honorary Doctor of Science from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, USA in 1993, Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA in 1995, Colgate University in Hamilton, New York in 1996 and American University in Washington, D.C., USA and Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts in 2018.
12. In 2003, the Institute for Scientific Information named him the 13th most cited scientist in scientific journals from 1983 to 2002.
13. In 2005, he was a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
14. 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to him in 2007 and in 2008.
15. In 2013, he received the Prince Mahidol Award, a Thai Royal Family annual award for outstanding achievements in medicine and public health worldwide.
16. In 2015, he received an honorary degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
17. On May 21, 2020, he was one of the guest speakers during the virtual ceremony for the Johns Hopkins University’s class of 2020.
18. He is a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force established in January 2020 under Donald Trump.
19. From January 20, 2021 to December 31, 2022, he served as the chief medical advisor the U.S. president.
20. On December 24, 2024, he turned 84.