James LoGerfo Sr. named 2019 UW Distinguished Retiree

LoGerfo Sr. is the recipient of the UW Distinguished Retiree Excellence in Community Service Award.

by Columns Staff | June 3, 2019

James LoGerfo Sr., ’72, has used his time in retirement to expand his training of health-care workers around the world.

His peers describe the former Harborview medical director as a tireless and visionary leader in addressing chronic, non-communicable diseases, a critical frontier in global health.

Once the director of the UW Health Promotion Research Center, he now focuses on health-worker training in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.