Jack Perry Strong

Background

Strong, Jack Perry was born on April 27, 1928 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, University Alabama, 1948; Doctor of Medicine Louisiana State University, 1951.

Career

Rotating intern, Jefferson Hillman Hospital, Birmingham, 1951-1952; practice medicine, specializing in pathology, New Orleans, since 1952. Consultant pathology S.W. Foundation for Research and Education, 1954-1955. Assigned to Professor J.N. Morris social medicine research unit Medical Research Council, London, England., 1962-1963.

Assistant visiting pathologist Charity Hospital of Louisiana, 1952-1953, 55-58, visiting pathologist, 1958-1966. Senior visiting pathologist, pathologist-in-chief Louisiana State University division, since 1966. Assistant department pathology Louisiana State University School Medicine, 1952-1953, instructor pathology, 1955-1957, assistant professor, 1957-1960, associate professor, 1960-1964, professor, since 1964, head department.pathology, since 1966, Boyd professor, 1980, medical director Medical Technology Program,1980—.

Chairman medical center planning and development committee Louisiana State University School Medicine, since 1969. Member Pathology A study section United States Public Health Service, 1965-1967, chairman, 1967-1969. Consultant Veterans Administration Hospital., New Orleans, since 1967.

Member epidemiology and biometry advising committee National Institutes of Health, 1971-1978. Member science advisory board consultant Armed Forces Institute Pathology, 1971-1977, chairman, 1977-1978. Member panel on geochemistry of water in relation to cardiovascular disease United States National Committee for Geochemistry, National Academy Sciences, 1976-1979.

Achievements

• Jack Perry Strong has been listed as a noteworthy Pathologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Bissonet Elementary Parent-Teachers Association, 1961. Vice president Jefferson Committee for Better Schools,1964. Served to captain, Medical Corps United States Air Force, 1953-1955.

Fellow American Society for Study Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association (council on epidemiology, Chairman of Commission on myocardial and coronary artery lesionsCouncil on Arteriosclerosis 1970, Executive Committee since 1979). Member International Academy Pathology (council 1976-1978, president since 1988), International Society Cardiology, International Academy Pathology (council 1968, vice president 1976-1977, pres.1978 United States-Canada division, president-elect 1986), American Medical Association (alternate delegate 1978-1979, del.1980—, representative residency review committee pathology 1977-1980, council on science affairs since 1985), American Association Pathologists and Bacteriologists (assistant secretary 1959-1962), American Society Experimental Pathology, American Society Clinical Pathologists (councilor for Louisiana 1966), College American Pathologists, Association of Pathology Chairmen, Inc. (vice president 1969, president 1970), Louisiana Heart Association (vice chairman research committee 1964-1971, board directors since 1967), Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi (Significant Sig award 1983).

Connections

M. Patricia Powers; 4 daus.