Background
Davis, Dorland Jones was born on July 2, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David John and Myra Helen (Jones) Davis.
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Davis, Dorland Jones was born on July 2, 1911 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of David John and Myra Helen (Jones) Davis.
Student, International School, Geneva, Switzerland, 1927-1928; Bachelor of Science, University Illinois, 1933; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins, 1937; Doctor of Public Health, Doctor of Public Hygiene, Johns Hopkins, 1940.
Commissioned assistant surgeon, United States Public Health Service, 1939; advanced through grades to assistant surgical general, United States Public Health Service assigned, State Department for duty, North Africa, 1943-1944; with, National Institutes of Health, 1939-1943, 44—; chief laboratory infectious diseases, National Mircrobiol. Institute, 1954-1956; associate director, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Disease, 1956-1964; director, National Institute Allergy and Infectious Disease, 1964-1975.
Fellow American Academy Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, American College Preventive Medicine, College Physicians Philadelphia. Member Society of America Bacteriologists, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Medical Association, American Association Military Surgeons, American Epidemiological Society, American Association Immunologists, Johns Hopkins University Society Scholars, Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Theta Pi, Delta Omega, Sigma Xi. Clubs: Cosmos (Washington).
Married Caroline Gertrude Baker, July 15, 1938. Children: David Howard, Constance Elaine.