Background
Gormus, Bobby Joe was born on November 7, 1941 in New Canton, Virginia, United States. Son of Perkins A. and Nell Catherine (Campbell) Gormus.
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Bobby Joe Gormus
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Bobby Joe Gormus, American Research immunologist. Achievements include invention of and patent for Therapy Monitoring Test. National Institutes of Health Training Fellowship grantee Duke U., 1964-1970, National Institutes of Health grantee to study leprosy Tulane University,1982-, grantee to study leprosy in chimpanzees TulaneU., 1990-1993.
Education
Bachelor of Science, U. Richmond, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Duke U., 1971.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, U. Florida, Gainesville, 1971-1974;
research chemist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Minneapolis, 1974-1979;
research immunologist, Tulane University Regional Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, since 1979. Ad hoc reviewer study section National Institutes of Health, 1988. Visiting scientist Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, 1989-1991.
Invited lecturer on leprosy in non-human primates Chinese Academy Medical Science, Nanjing, March, 1992, International Leprosy Congress, Orlando, Florida, 1993. Invited speaker American Society for Microbiology, Las Vegas, 1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Association Watch & Clock Collectors (Creole chapter, secretary-treasurer 1984-1986, secretary 1986-1988, vice president 1989-1991), Covington (Louisiana) Antique Dealers Association.
Connections
Married Ruby Lee Gayle, August 6, 1960 (divorced July 1969). Married Molly Jean Osborne, August 15, 1970 (divorced October 1986). 1 child, Joseph Henry.
Married Mary Worthington White, Nov.22, 1987.
