Background
Finerty, John Charles was born on October 20, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Hulda (Schulte) Finerty.
Finerty, John Charles was born on October 20, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of John Lawrence and Hulda (Schulte) Finerty.
AB, Kalamazoo College, 1937. Master of Science, Kansas State College, 1939. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1942.
Rackham Foundation postdoctoral fellow University Michigan, 1942-1943, instructor anatomy, 1943-1946. Assistant professor anatomy Washington University, St. Louis, 1946-1949. Associate professor, then professor anatomy University Texas at Galveston, 1949-1956, assistant dean, 1954-1956.
Professor anatomy, chairman department University Miami (Florida) School Medicine, 1956-1966. Also. associate dean. Professor anatomy, dean Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 1966-1971.
Vice chancellor Louisiana State Medical Center, 1971-1984, also dean School Graduate Studies, 1974-1984. Member committee pathogenesis cancer American Cancer Society, 1960-1963, chairman executive committee, 1977-1979. Board directors Louisiana Regional Medical Program, Bureau Governmental Research, New Orleans, 1976-1979, Greater New Orleans Health Planning Council, treasurer, 1971, president, 1973.
Anatomy test committee National Board Medical Examiners, 1964-1968, member review committee on medical school construction, 1968-1970.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Association Anatomists (program secretary 1966-1974, president 1975), American Physiological Society, Endocrine Society, Radiation Research Society, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, Texas Academy of Sciences (president 1955-1956), Sigma Xi (president University Texas medical chapter 1955-1956), Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Inwood Forest Golf, Nicolet Country.
Lodges: Rotary.
Married Mildred King, December 28, 1940. Children– Olivia Lou (Mistress John L. Moore), Donna Elizabeth (Mistress James D. Gatewood).