Background
Hunt, James Calvin was born on September 11, 1925 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Lee and Sarah Della (Frank) Hunt.
academic administrator physician
Hunt, James Calvin was born on September 11, 1925 in Lexington, North Carolina, United States. Son of James Lee and Sarah Della (Frank) Hunt.
Bachelor of Arts, Catawba College, 1949; Doctor of Medicine Bowman Gray School Medicine, 1953; Master of Science, University of Minnesota, 1958; Doctor of Science, Wake Forest U., 1992.
Intern, North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, 1953-1954; resident, fellow, Mayo Grad School Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, 1954-1958; practice medicine, specializing in internal medicine (cardiovascular-renal diseases), Rochester, 1958-1978; consultant, instructor to assistant professor department medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, 1958-1963; associate professor, chairman division nephrology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, 1963-1972; professor, department chairman medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, 1973-1978; professor, associate dean clinical educational programs, Mayo Medical School, 1972-1974; professor medicine, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1978; dean College Medicine, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1978-1981; vice president health affairs, chancellor University Health Sciences Center, U. Tennessee, Memphis, 1981-1993; university distinguished professor, director clinical scholars program, U. Tennessee, Memphis, since 1993. Member of advisory county National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1976-1981.
President National Kidney Foundation, 1973—1976. Member Congressional Technology Advisory Council, 1987—1996. Board directors Memphis Downtown Neighbors Association, 1995—1999, president, 1997—1998.
Member advisory board Goals for Memphis, 1987—1995. Board directors Young Men’s Christian Association, Memphis Riverfront Development Corporation, since 1999, secretary, 2000—2002. Trustee Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, 1981—1993, Christian Brothers College, 1983—1996.
Member community advisory board Baptist Memorial Hospital, since 1986. Board directors Baptist Memorial College Health Sciences, 1995—2005, chair academy affairs committee, 1998—2005. Member advisory board Rhodes College.
Fellow: American College of Physicians, American Heart Association (member council circulation), American College Cardiology. Member: American Medical Association, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, American Society Internal Medicine, Council High Blood Pressure Research, Society Nuclear Medicine, International Society Hypertension, International American Societies Nephrology, Sigma Xi, Phi Rho Sigma, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Irene Kivett, September 17, 1949. Children— James Calvin, Michael S., Cynthia Irene.