Background
Lanford, John Alexander was born on June 19, 1881 in Gainesville, Alabama, United States. Son of John Bibb and Maria Adeline (Rogers) Lanford.
Lanford, John Alexander was born on June 19, 1881 in Gainesville, Alabama, United States. Son of John Bibb and Maria Adeline (Rogers) Lanford.
Graduate in Pharmacy, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1900. Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama, 1905. Unmarried. Pharmacist (while studying medicine), Mobile, Alabama, 1900-1905.
Instructor in surgical pathology, Tulane, 1911-1914, assistant professor pathology and bacteriology, 1914.
Pathologist Touro Infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, since 1912. Consultant pathologist United States Marine Hospital, since 1928.
Pathologist New Orleans Dispensary, since 1926.
Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama Officer 312th Medical
Member of the board of directors American Society for Control of Cancer, since 1939. Served as captain Medical Reserve, United States of America, 1917. Member Southern Medical Association (chairman pathological section 1927), Louisiana State Medical Society (chairman cancer committee, since 1932), Orleans Parish Medical Society (president 1932).