December 12, 2003

Loyola grad earns 2003 Integritas Vitae award

Donald C. Faust, M.D., A'73, a prominent New Orleans orthopedic surgeon, is this year's recipient of the Integritas Vitae Award. Loyola bestows the Integritas Vitae Award, the university's highest honor, to an individual who possesses a high moral character in a lifetime of unselfish service without expectation of material reward or public recognition. Recipients of this award have demonstrated courage of conviction and adherence to the principles of honesty, integrity, justice, and preservation of human dignity throughout their lifetime. Faust received the award at the annual Benefactors Dinner in November.

Faust has been an active role model in both the Loyola and New Orleans communities for many years. For the last 20 years, he has volunteered every Wednesday to conduct an orthopedic clinic during lunchtime at Loyola's Student Health Services Center. In addition, he was instrumental in several important university fund-raising initiatives, including his involvement in helping to fund the Rev. John Mullahy, S.J., Eminent Scholar Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Many in the New Orleans community know of Faust's generosity and involvement in many nonprofit organizations. He is a hand surgery consultant to the Louisiana Handicapped Children's Service Program and serves on the Medical Advisory Board of the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans. He performs volunteer service at each clinic on a monthly basis.

He has received several awards including the "Volunteer of the Year" award from Children's Services of the United Cerebral Palsy of Greater New Orleans in 2000. He has also been listed in New Orleans Magazine as one of the best hand surgeons in the city.

A New Orleans native, Faust is a 1973 graduate of Loyola and received his medical degree from LSU Medical School. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery with an added certification in hand surgery. He owns a private practice and is also an associate clinical professor at LSU. Faust belongs to several professional affiliations, such as the American College of Surgeons, American Society for Surgery of the Hand, and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He was recently installed as the president of the Louisiana Orthopedic Association.

Past Integritas Vitae recipients include Moon Landrieu, Rita Huntsinger, Phil Johnson, Sunny Norman, Ronald W. Busittil, M.D., Elizabeth Valker Lauricella, Frank B. Stewart, Jr., Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, John F. Bricker, Rosa Freeman Keller, Frank Purvis, Jack A. Andoine, M.D., Robert L. Howard, James R. Moffet, Monsignor Roger P. Morin, Norman C. Francis, Sr. Anthony Barczykowski, D.C., Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Verna Satterlee Landrieu, Martin O. Miller, Francis C. Doyle, Alden J. Laborde, Margaret Lauer, Sr. Mary David Stier, O.P., Alton Ochsner, M.D., and former New Orleans Archbishop Philip M. Hannan.