Feb. 1, 1931 – March 10, 2022
Stanley C. Condon ’56 was born Feb. 1, 1931, and died on March 10, 2022, at age 91.
Dr. Condon attended Glendale Union Academy, graduating in 1948. He played the trombone with the Sheriff’s Boys Band, marching in the Rose Parade for several years. He graduated from La Sierra College with a biology major in 1952 and from the College of Medical Evangelists in 1956—he was always an honor student.
He interned at Los Angeles County Hospital, where he remembered delivering babies in the hallways, mixing IV fluids, and working 24 hour shifts. From 1957–59 he served as a captain in the U.S. Army in Germany. During this time he was able to travel throughout Europe, developing a lifelong love of travel.
Dr. Condon completed his residency in internal medicine at the White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles and later took a fellowship in gastroenterology at Barnes Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1963, he married Vaneta Mabley, a young Canadian graduate of Loma Linda University School of Nursing. Their family soon grew to include one daughter and two sons.
The Condons accepted a mission call to Manila Sanitarium and Hospital, where Stanley directed the intern/resident program and later served as medical director. In their seven years of mission service, the family found the Filipino Seventh-day Adventist people beautiful, unselfish Christians who were eager to share God’s love.
Dr. Condon served as a faculty member of Loma Linda University School of Medicine for more than 38 years, beginning as an instructor in internal medicine and retiring as assistant professor of gastroenterology in 2010. He especially enjoyed teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. He founded and directed the enteral nutrition services at both Loma Linda University Medical Center and the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans’ Hospital.
Dr. Condon was a humble, loving, kind, and hard-working Christian physician; he will be missed. He is survived by his wife, Vaneta; children, Lori, Brian, and David; and three grandchildren.