George Speri Sperti (1900-1991)

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Burlington, Kentucky

( 6750 Sperti Lane, Burlington)

Born in Covington to Italian immigrants, he graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1923. He was the director of Institutum Divi Thomae, a medical research foundation, from 1935 to 1988. Sperti invented well-known pharmaceutical ointments while conducting cancer research & held over 120 patents. He is buried in St. Mary’s Cem. in Ft. Mitchell.

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Boonetucky Farm- Sperti purchased 600 acres here beginning in 1933 to serve as a retreat and research farm. His experiments led to advancements in cancer research and nutrition. He raised prized cattle which he exposed to UV light and vitamin enriched diets, a process he developed. He also devised method to enhance Vitamin D in milk.

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