Background
Fischer, Janet Jordan was born on April 28, 1923 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of W. Edward and Jeannette (Kinnear) Jordan.
Fischer, Janet Jordan was born on April 28, 1923 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of W. Edward and Jeannette (Kinnear) Jordan.
Bachelor of Arts, Vassar College, 1944; Doctor of Medicine Johns Hopkins University, 1948.
Intern, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1948-1949; fellow in infectious disease, John Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1950-1952; resident, Salt Lake General Hospital, Salt Lake City, 1949-1950; instructor medicine, U. North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1953-1954; assistant professor, U. North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1954-1967; associate professor, U. North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1968-1973; professor, U. North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1973-1993; Sarah Graham Kenan professor, U. North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1981-1993.
Member Durham Orange County Medical Society, North Carolina Medical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha F C.
Married Newton D. Fischer, August 7, 1951. Children: Amelia Fischer Drake, Jeannette Fischer Stein, Duncan, Helen, Anne.