Background
Jones, Geoffrey Melvill was born on January 14, 1923 in Cambridge, England. Son of Benett and Dorothy Laxton (Jotham) Jones.
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Geoffrey Melvill Jones
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Bachelor of Arts, Cambridge U., 1944; Master of Arts, Cambridge U., 1947; Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, Cambridge U., 1949.
Career
House surgeon, Middlesex Hospital, London, England., 1949-1950; senior house surgeon, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, England, 1950-1951; science medical officer, Royal Air Force Institute Aviation Medicine, Farnborough, England, 1951-1955; science officer, Medical Research Council, England, 1955-1961; associate professor physiology, director aviation medical research unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1961-1968; professor, director, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1968-1988; Hosmer research professor, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1978-1991; emeritus professor physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, since 1991. Adjunct Professor clinical Neuroscience U. Calgary, Alberta, Canada, since 1991, College France, 1979, 95. Visiting professor Stanford University, 1971-1972.
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Served to squadron leader Royal Air Force, 1951-1955. Fellow Canada Aeronautics and Space Institute, Aerospace Medical Association (Harry Armstrong award 1968, Arnold D. Tuttle award 1971), Royal Society Canada (McLaughlin medal 1991), Royal Society London, Royal Aeronautical Society London (Stewart Memorial award 1989, Buchanan Barbour award 1990). Member United Kingdom Physiological Society, Canada Physiological Society, Canada Society Aerospace Medical Society, International Collegium Otolaryngology, Society Neurosci.
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Married Jenny Marigold Burnaby, June 21, 1953. Children— Katharine, Francis, Andrew, Dorothy.
