George Justice Race

Background

Race, George Justice was born on March 2, 1926 in Everman, Texas, United States. Son of Claude Ernest and Lila Eunice (Bunch) Race.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, University Texas, Southwestern Medical School, 1947; Master of Science in Public Health, U. North Carolina, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in Ultrastructural Anatomy and Microbiology, Baylor University, 1969.

Career

Intern, Duke Hospital, 1947-1948; assistant resident pathology, Duke Hospital, 1951-1953; intern, Boston City Hospital, 1948-1949; assistant pathologist, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1953-1954; pathologist, St. Anthony's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1954-1955; staff pathologist, Children's Medical Center, Dallas, 1955-1959; director laboratories, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, 1959-1986; chief department pathology, Baylor University Medical Center, l959-86; vice chairman of the executive committee medical board, Baylor University Medical Center, 1970-1972; consultant pathologist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Dallas, 1955-1971; Adjunct Professor anthropology and biology, Southern Methodist U., Dallas, 1969; instructor pathology, Duke, 1951-1953; instructor pathology, Harvard Medical School, 1953-1954; assistant professor pathology, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1955-1958; clinical associate professor, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1958-1964; clinical professor, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1964-1972; professor, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1973-1994; professor emeritus, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, since 1994; director Cancer Center, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1973-1976; associate dean for continuing education, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1973-1994; emeritus associate dean, University Texas Southwestern Medical School, since 1994. Pathologist-in-chief Baylor University Medical Center, 1959-1986, professor biomedical studies Baylor Graduate school, 1989-1994. Chairman Baylor Research Foundation, 1986-1989.

Professor microbiology Baylor College Dentistry, 1962-1968, professor pathology, 1964-1968, professor, department chairman pathology 1969-1973, dean A. Webb Roberts Continuing Education, 1973-1994. Special advisor on human and animal diseases to governor State of Texas, 1979-1983.

Achievements

• George Justice Race has been listed as a noteworthy Pathology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, Texas division American Cancer Society, 1970. Chairman Governor's Task Force on Higher Education, 1981. Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946.

Flight surgeon United States Air Force, 1948-1951, Korea. Fellow College American Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Medical Association (chairman multiple discipline research forum 1969), American Association Pathologists, International Academy Pathology, American Association Medical Colls., Explorer's Club (director, vice president since 1993), Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Annette Isabelle Rinker, December 21, 1946. Children: George William Daryl, Jonathan Clark, Mark Christopher, Jennifer Anne (deceased), Elizabeth Margaret Rinker.

Father:

Claude Ernest Race

Mother:

Lila Eunice (Bunch) Race

Spouse:

Annette Isabelle Rinker

child:

Jonathan Clark Race

child:

Jennifer Anne Race (deceased)

child:

Mark Christopher Race

child:

Elizabeth Margaret Rinker Race

child:

George William Daryl Race