Background
Fouts, James Ralph was born on August 8, 1929 in Macomb, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Butler and Mary May (Lingenfelter) Fouts.
clergyman educator Pharmacologist
Fouts, James Ralph was born on August 8, 1929 in Macomb, Illinois, United States. Son of Ralph Butler and Mary May (Lingenfelter) Fouts.
Bachelor of Science with highest honors, Northwestern University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, 1954; Master of Divinity summa cum laude, Duke U., 1984.
Instructor biochemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, 1952-1954;
postdoctoral fellow Laboratory Chemical Pharmacology, National Heart Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1954-1956;
senior research biochemist, Wellcome Research laboratories, Burroughs Wellcome & Company, Tuckahoe, New York, 1956-1957;
assistant professor department pharmacology College Medicine, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1957-1959;
associate professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1959-1965;
professor, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1965-1970;
director Toxicology Center, College Medicine, U. Iowa, Iowa City, 1968-1970;
Claude Bernard professor, Institute Medicine, U. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1970;
chief pharmacology and toxicology branch, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1970-1976;
science director, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1976-1978;
chief laboratory pharmacology, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 1978-1982;
senior executive service, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, since 1979;
senior science advisor to director, National Institute Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, since 1986. Consultant pharmaceutical companies. Adjunct Professor pharmacology School Medicine, U. North Carolina, since 1970.
Adjunct Professor toxicology North Carolina State University, since 1971. Consultant committees National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute Occupational Safety and Health, World Health Organization/United Nations Environmental Program. Consultant committee department commerce National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
Chairman Gordon Research Conference on Drug Metabolism, 1977-1978. Visiting professor Swiss Federal Institute Technology and U.Zurich, Switzerland, 1978-1979.
Member committees on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, environmental and stewardship, secretariat of CursilloEpiscopal Diocese of North Carolina. Assistant to Episcopal chaplain North Carolina State University, 1985-1986. Assistant to rector Church of the Holy Family, Chapel Hill, 1986-1988.
Priest associate Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, since 1988. Lieutenant United States Public Health Service, 1954-1956. Member American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (chairman drug metabolism division 1975-1978, councilor 1980-1981, Abel award 1964), American Association for Cancer Research, Society Toxicology, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Joan Laverne Van Dyke, June 20, 1964. Children: Mary, Jeffrey, Carolyn.