James Joseph Plorde

Background

Plorde, James Joseph was born on February 16, 1934 in Brewster, Minnesota, United States. Son of James Arthur and Mary Jeanette (Lutz) Plorde.

Education

Bachelor, University of Minnesota, 1956; Bachelor of Science, University of Minnesota, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 1959.

Career

Volunteer leader, Peace Corps, Gondar, Ethiopia, 1964-1966; intern, King County Hospital, Seattle, 1959-1960; resident, U. Washington, Seattle, 1960-1962; assistant professor medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1967-1969; associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1971-1978; professor medicine, laboratory medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, 1978-1998 (retired); professor emeritus medicine, laboratory medicine, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1998; head clinical investigation, United States Naval Medical Research, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1968-1971; chief infectious diseases, microbiology, Veterans Administration Hospital., Seattle, 1973-1998; retired, 1998. Consultant World Health Organization, 1975, Suez Canal U. Faculty of Medicine, Ismailia, Arab Republic of Egypt, 1981-1985.

Achievements

• James Joseph Plorde has been listed as a noteworthy Physician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Infectious Disease Society, American College of Physicians. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology, Academy Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists.

Connections

Married Diane Sylvia Koenigs, August 28, 1964 (divorced July 1974). Children: Lisa Marie, Michele Louise, James Joshua. Married Jo Ann Gates, December 22, 1986.

Father:

James Arthur Plorde

Mother:

Mary Jeanette (Lutz) Plorde

Spouse:

Diane Sylvia Koenigs

Spouse:

Jo Ann Gates

child:

Lisa Marie Plorde

child:

James Joshua Plorde

child:

Michele Louise Plorde