Background
Grace, James Thomas was born on July 16, 1923 in Troy, Alabama, United States. Son of James Thomas and Anna (Salter) Grace.
Grace, James Thomas was born on July 16, 1923 in Troy, Alabama, United States. Son of James Thomas and Anna (Salter) Grace.
Bachelor of Science, Yale, 1945. Doctor of Medicine Harvard, 1948.
Practiced medicine, specializing in surgery, Huntsville, Alabama, 1950-1951. Assistant resident surgery Vanderbilt-Veterans Administration Hospital., Nashville, 1953-1956, resident surgeon, 1956-1957. Member of staff Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo, 1957-1970, assistant director, 1959-1967, director viral oncology section, 1963-1970, director institute, 1967-1970.
Faculty Vanderbilt University, 1956-1957.
Faculty U. Buffalo School Medicine, 1958-1970, associate research professor surgery, 1962-1970. Research professor microbiology State University New York, Buffalo, 1964-1970.
Member cancer virology panel National Institutes of Health, 1961-1962. Member human cancer virus task force United States Public Health Service, 1962-1964. Member American Medical Association, Society U. Surgeons, Australian Computer Society, Halsted Society, New York Academy Sciences, American Federation Clinical Research (councillor Eastern section 1960-1962), Society Experimental Biology and Medicine (councillor Western New York section 1959-1964), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Cancer Research (director 1966-1970), American Society Mammalogists, Surgical Investigators Exchange, American Cancer Society (president Erie County division 1965-1970), National Institute General Medical Sciences (clinical research training committee 1965-1970), Sigma Xi.
Married Betty Bryant Thornton, November 21, 1951 (deceased). Children: Elizabeth Anne, Mary Day, John Bryant, Patricia Merrill.