Background
Bland, John Hardesty was born on November 7, 1917 in Globe, Arizona, United States. Son of Walter Perry and Clara Elliot (Hardesty) Bland.
Bland, John Hardesty was born on November 7, 1917 in Globe, Arizona, United States. Son of Walter Perry and Clara Elliot (Hardesty) Bland.
Bachelor of Arts, Earlham College, 1940. Doctor of Medicine Jefferson Medical College, 1944. Postgraduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1945.
Diplomate American Board Internal Medicine.
Intern Bryn Mawr Hospital, Pennsylvania, 1944. Resident in internal medicine Burlington County Hospital, Mount Holly, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, 1944-1946. Member clinical laboratory Fort Hood Station Hospital, Texas, 1947-1948.
Fellow in pharmacology University Pennsylvania Medical School, 1948. Cardiovascular research, resident in medicine University Vermont, Burlington, 1948-1949. Instructor medicine, 1949-1952, 52-55.
Associate professor, 1955-1978. Founder, idr. rheumatism research unit, 1950-1970. From assistant professor medicine-rheumatology to professor emeritus, from 1952.
Fellow in cardiovascular research, resident in medicine DeGoesbriand Memorial Hospital, Burlington, Vermont, 1948-1949. Coordinator teaching program, 1949-1955. President medical staff, 1951-1952.
Fellow in rheumatic diseases Massachusetts General and New England Center Hospitals, Boston, 1950-1951. Member staff Medical Center Hospital, Vermont, 1950-1988. Attending physician emeritus, from 1988.
Honorary research fellow department rheumatology University Manchester, England, 1958-1959. Visiting science worker Laboratory Experimental Patholgoy Section Rheumatic Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1972-1973. Yearly lecturer National Institutes of Health, 1974-1980.
Visiting professor Hershey Medical School, Pennsylvania University, 1976, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1978, School Physiotherapy Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1991. Member medical suprvisory team United States Nordic Ski Team, 1977-1985. Chief medical officer Nordic Division XIII Winter Olympic Games, 1978-1980.
Consultant United States Air Force, 1964, Aspen Institute Humanistic Studies, 1961, HIH Institute Aging, since 1980, arthritis Research Institute, since 1986, department family practice Michigan State University, since 1984, others. Panel consultant United States Department Department of Health and Human Services, 1983. Fulbright visiting senior scholar Cumberland College Health Sciences University, Sydney, Australia, 1987.
Member medical advisory board Arthritis Research Institute, 1987-1989. Lecturer in field.
President Arthritis Foundation, vermont, 1965-1968, president, chairman board trustees, 1970-1987, secretary, treasurer, since 1993. Trustee Champlain Valley Agency Aging, since 1990. Captain United States Army, 1946-1948.
Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Sports Medicine. Member American Federation Medical Research, American federation Clinical Research, American College Rheumatology (master of rheumatology), American Rheumatism Association (member editorial board since 1972, fibrosis study committee since 1975, patient service committee, program committee 1977-1983), Canada Arthritis and Rheumatism Association (member study section to review grant applications), National Institutes of Health Alumni Association, Foundation Advanced Education in Sciences, American Association of University Professors, United States Combined Training Association, United States Dressage Federation, Vermont State Medical Society (chairman program committee 1950-1954), Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi.
Son of walter Perry and Clara Elliot (Hardesty) B. Married Elizabeth Lowry Cornman, September 22, 1944. Children: John Hardesty, Walter Perry, Elizabeth Lowry, Linda Mendenhall.