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 Dr. Christopher Mamonas
April 03, 2002
Dr. Christopher Mamonas, 87, of Brewster, formerly of Pittsfield, died Wednesday at the home of his caregiver in Hyannis, where he had resided since 1982.
Born in Haverhill on June 4, 1914, son of George and Katherine Petrakas Mamonas, he graduated from Boston University's College of Liberal Arts in 1938 and from its School of Medicine in 1939. He performed his internship at the former House of Mercy Hospital in Pittsfield, now Berkshire Medical Center, from 1939 until April 1941.
He served in the Navy from 1941 to 1947. He received the Navy Cross in 1942 for serving as medical officer on the USS San Francisco during the Battle of Savo Island. He also received the Cloud and Banner award from President Chiang Kai-shek of Nationalist China for service to the Chinese in Hong Kong and Indochina in 1946 while serving aboard the USS Los Angeles.
Dr. Mamonas was assistant resident and chief resident of urology at Albany (N.Y.) Medical School from 1948 to 1950. In 1950, he established a urology practice in Pittsfield and later, with seven other physicians, built the East Street Medical Building. He was president of the Berkshire County Medical Society in 1962 and built the Urology Building, the first specialty medical building in Pittsfield, in 1966.
In 1967, he became chief of surgery at Berkshire Medical Center and, from 1972 until 1974, was chief of staff. He was a consultant and educator in urology at the University of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1982.
He had been a member of the Berkshire County and Massachusetts medical societies, the American Medical Association and the New England Urological Association since 1950. He also was a member of Rotary International, Crescent Lodge of Masons, the Berkshire Hills Country Club and the Country Club of Pittsfield. He was awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship and David B. Kagan Award by the Rotary for service above self.
He was a member of the Orleans Coffee Club, the Cape Cod Men's Club, the Boston University Alumni Club and several golf courses. He was president of the Parkinson's Group of Cape Cod for five years and president of the Sheep Pond Beach Association, and active in health care and health insurance reforms.
He leaves three daughters, Christine Davis of Plymouth, B. Jean Mamonas of East Hampton, Conn., and Mark Schulte of Brewster; a brother, Paul Mamonas of Oregon, and seven grandchildren.
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