Constantine's full Università di Roma medical transcript — 1937-1941, every course and exam grade (issued July 9, 1941)

Constantine’s four-page official transcript from the Università degli Studi di Roma — Faculty of Medicine and Surgery — issued on July 9, 1941, A. XIX E.F. (Year XIX of the Fascist Era). Position No. 15141. The transcript itemizes every course attended and every exam grade for his four years at Roma (1937-1941), along with the validated transfer credits from his prior medical studies abroad. It carries the embossed red Università di Roma seal at top, the “Diritti di Segreteria L. 3” 3-lira revenue stamp No. 25740, and is signed by the Faculty Secretary.

What the transcript opens with

“Si certifica che il Sig. JEANNOPOULOS Costantino Lazaro di Lazaro, nato a Mitelyne (Grecia), fu immatricolato in base agli studi compiuti all’estero al terzo anno del corso di laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia nell’anno scolastico 1937-38 e in seguito negli anni scolastici 1938-39 – 1939-40 e 1940-41, fu iscritto rispettivamente al quarto, quinto e sesto anno del medesimo corso di laurea.”

(We certify that Mr. JEANNOPOULOS Constantine Lazaro, son of Lazaro, born in Mitelyne (Greece), was matriculated based on studies completed abroad in the third year of the medical degree program in academic year 1937-38, and subsequently in academic years 1938-39, 1939-40 and 1940-41, was enrolled respectively in the fourth, fifth, and sixth year of the same degree program.)

This single paragraph — in the Italian state’s own administrative register — establishes two facts the family record had not previously pinpointed:

1. Constantine entered Roma as a third-year student in autumn 1937, on the basis of prior medical studies completed abroad (“studi compiuti all’estero”). The 1937 Perugia foreigners’-card year was a language/orientation year, but the underlying medical preparation had been completed before he arrived in Italy.

2. Birthplace re-stated as “Mitelyne (Grecia)” — consistent with the 1938 Roma student ID and the 1937 Perugia card. Italian-state recognition that he was a Greek student, not an American.

Year-by-year coursework (1937-1941)

Year III (1937-38): Pharmacology · Human Physiology · General Pathology · Special Surgical Pathology and Clinical Propaedeutics · Special Medical Pathology and Clinical Methodology · Normal Human Anatomy · Microbiology · Parasitology · Biological Chemistry

Year IV (1938-39): Pathological Anatomy and Histology · ENT (Oto-rino-laringoiatria) · Special Medical Pathology · Special Surgical Pathology · General Pathology · (continuing clinical exposure)

Year V (1939-40): Pathological Anatomy and Histology · General Surgical Clinic · Neurology and Mental Illness · Dermatology and Syphilology · General Medical Clinic · Ophthalmology · Dentistry · Hygiene · Infectious Diseases · Urology · Free course: Dermatology and Syphilology

Year VI (1940-41): General Surgical Clinic · General Medical Clinic · Orthopedic Clinic · Obstetrics and Gynecology · Pediatrics · Forensic and Insurance Medicine · Free course: Extra-pulmonary Tuberculosis

Exam grades (out of 30, with 18 being passing and 30 being the maximum)

The Orthopedic Clinic 30/30 is the only exam in the transcript that prefigures his American specialty. Of his fifteen graded clinical subjects, eight scored 30/30 — straight perfect grades — and only Pathological Anatomy at 18/30 sat at the passing line. The transcript supports the 110/110 on his final laurea diploma as the consummation of a consistently high-scoring six-year academic record.

Validated transfer credits from his pre-Roma medical studies

“Si certifica ancora che al Sig. JEANNOPOULOS Costantino Lazaro furono convalidati i seguenti esami: Chimica, Fisica, Biologia generale, Psicologia sperimentale.”

(We also certify that the following exams were validated for Mr. JEANNOPOULOS Constantine Lazaro: Chemistry, Physics, General Biology, Experimental Psychology.)

These are the standard first-year and second-year pre-clinical medical subjects of any medical school in continental Europe at the time. Their validation by the Roma Faculty implies that Constantine completed years one and two of medical school at another institution — likely Greek — in 1934-35 and 1935-36, before transferring to Roma as a third-year in autumn 1937. The intervening year (1936-37) was likely the Perugia preparatory year for foreigners. This opens a new research line: identifying where Constantine completed his pre-clinical medical studies between his Mytilene high-school years and his Italian arrival in 1937.

The closing certifications

“Il relativo Diploma… venne rilasciato il 9 luglio 1941-A.XIX-E.F.” (The relative diploma was issued on July 9, 1941 — Year XIX of the Fascist Era.)

“Il Sig. JEANNOPOULOS Costantino Lazaro ha superato tutti gli esami prescritti per essere ammesso agli esami di Stato per l’abilitazione all’esercizio della professione di Medico-Chirurgo.” (Mr. Jeannopoulos has passed all the prescribed exams to be admitted to the State exams for qualification in the profession of Medical Surgeon.)

The transcript closes by certifying that Constantine had earned the right to sit the Italian State medical-licensing exam — the next step that would have made him a practicing Italian doctor. He did not take that exam: nine days after this transcript was issued, his Embassy-of-Rome diploma legalization was sealed, and within four weeks he had boarded the SS Excalibur for New York. The Italian licensing track was abandoned; the American one began.

The transcript in the documentary chain

This transcript is the single richest academic-record document in Constantine’s archive — itemizing every course, every grade, every transfer credit, and giving the exact date the Italian state ratified his medical degree.