Background
Knight, Jack Vernon was born on September 6, 1917 in Osceola, Missouri, United States.
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Jack Vernon Knight
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Education
AB, William Jewell College, 1939. Doctor of Science (honorary), William Jewell College, 1982. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1943.
Career
Intern Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston, 1943. Resident Cornell Univercity-New York Hospital Medical Center, New York City, 1946-1947, from assistant in medicine to assistant professor, 1948-1954. Associate professor medicine Vanderbilt University School Medicine, Nashville, 1954-1959.
Clinical director National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1959-1966. Professor, chairman department microbiology and immunology Baylor College Medicine, Houston, 1966-1988, professor infectious disease section department medicine, since 1966, professor biotechnology, director Center for Biotechnology, 1989-1994, professor, acting chairman department molecular physiology-biophysics, 1994-1999, professor molecular physiology and biophysics, since 1994, Kyle and Josephine Morrow distinguished professor, 1984. Senior attending physician Methodist Hospital, Houston, since 1966.
Attending physician Ben Taub Gen Hospital, Houston, since 1966. Physician, consultant Veterans Administration Hospital, Houston. Board directors Viratek, Inc., Costa Mesa, California, 1980-1994.
Member medical science review panel to National Aeronautics and Space Administration, American Institute Biological Sciences, 1976-1980. Professional consultant United States Army Medical Research Institute Infectious Diseases, 1962-1981.
Achievements
Membership
Board directors Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1977-1982, Gorgas Memorial Institute Tropical and Preventive Medicine, Washington, 1977-1991. With Medical Corps, United States Navy, 1944-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member American College of Physicians, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Society for Clinical Investigation, American Society for Microbiology, American Society for Virology, Association American Physicians, Association Medical School Microbiology Chairmen (president 1981), Infectious Diseases Society of America (emeritus), International Association Aerobiology, International Leprosy Association, Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Texas Medical Association, Harris County Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Gordon. 4 children.
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Nationality
American
Education
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1939
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1982
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1943
Awards
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Recipient Guy R. Odum, Junior award M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 1986. Distinguished Service Professor award Baylor College Medicine, 1986, Distinguished Faculty award, 1987.Recipient Guy R. Odum, Junior award M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 1986. Distinguished Service Professor award Baylor College Medicine, 1986, Distinguished Faculty award, 1987.