Background
Ruffin, John was born on June 29, 1943 in New Orleans. Son of Wesley and Olivia Ruffin.
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Ruffin, John was born on June 29, 1943 in New Orleans. Son of Wesley and Olivia Ruffin.
Bachelor of Science, Dillard University, New Orleans, 1965. Master of Science, Atlanta University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy in Systematic and Development Biology, Kansas State University, 1971.
Doctor of Science (honorary), Spelman College, Atllanta. Doctor of Science (honorary), Tuskegee University, Alabama. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Massachusetts, Boston.
Instructor biology Southern University, Baton Rouge, 1967-1968. Assistant professor biology Atlanta University, 1971-1974. Associate professor Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Huntsville, 1974-1975.
Professor, chairman department biology North Carolina Central University, Durham, 1978—1990, dean College Arts & Sciences, 1986—1990. Associate director research on minority health National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1990—2001, director National Center Minority Health & Health Disparities, since 2001.
Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association Environmental & Experimental Botany, Association Southeastern Biologists, North Carolina Academy of Sciences, Botanical Society of America.
Married Angela Beverly Ruffin, August 24, 1968. Children: John Wesley, Meeka Dionne, Beverly Alaina.