Stanton A. Friedberg, MD, former President of the American Laryngological Association, died in Chicago March 16, 1997. He was 89 years old.

Dr Friedberg was the son of Stanton A. Friedberg, Sr, MD, also a Chicago otolaryngologist. Both were graduates of Rush Medical College. Dr Friedberg did his residency in otolaryngology at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. During World War II he served in the US Army as Assistant Chief, EENT Service, 13th General Hospital, in the United States and New Guinea. He served as Chief of the 133rd General Hospital in the Philippines and reached the rank of Major.

After World War II he taught under the auspices of the University of Illinois College of Medicine, where he rose from clinical associate in otolaryngology to clinical professor. In 1947 he was named department chairman of otolaryngology at Presbyterian Hospital, a position he continued to hold after the merger with St Luke's Hospital in 1956. He served in this capacity until his retirement in 1974. Author of over 60 research papers, he served on the editorial board of the Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology and as President of the Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society, the American BronchoEsophagological Association, and the American Laryngological Association, which honored him with its James E. Newcomb Award in 198 1.

Dr Friedberg was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, as well as the Institute of Medicine of Chicago. He was an avid collector of historical medical volumes and texts.

Dr Friedberg was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Asher Friedberg. He is survived by his sister, Louisa Friedberg Strouse of Los Angeles, 4 children, and 11 grandchildren.