John Jones Salley

Background

Salley, John Jones was born on October 29, 1926 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Raysor and Kathryn (Josey) Salley.

Education

Doctor of Dental Surgery, Medical College Virginia, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Rochester, 1954; Doctor of Science, Boston University, 1975.

Career

Research fellow, U. Rochester, 1951-1954; from instructor to professor, department chairman oral pathology, Medical College Virginia, 1954-1963; professor emeritus, Medical College Virginia, since 1991; professor pathology, dean School Dentistry, U. Maryland., 1963-1974; dean emeritus School Dentistry, U. Maryland., since 1977; retired, U. Maryland., 1991; vice president research and graduate affairs, Virginia Commonwealth U., Richmond, 1974-1985; acting president, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, 1985; vice president, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, 1985-1987. Consultant division research grants National Institutes of Health, 1962-1966. Consultant United States Naval Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1975.

Special consultant National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health,1957-1964. Consultant United States Public Health Service Hospital, Baltimore, 1963-1974, United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia, Veterans Administration Hospital., Baltimore, 1964-1974. Dental health division United States Public Health Service.

Member Maryland. Advisory Council Comprehensive Health Planning, 1968-1974, National Health Council, 1970-1971. President American Association Dental Schools, 1971-1972, Conference Southern Graduate Schools, 1983-1984. Senior program consultant Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1978-1984.

Member career development review committee VA, 1974-1978. Member committee health care resources in VA, National Research Council, 1974-1977. Consultant World Health Organization, 1969-1975.

Member Virginia Governor's Task Force Science and Technology, 1982-1983, science advisor to Governor of Virginia, 1984-1986. Member research committee Virginia State Council Higher Education, 1974-1984. Chairman task force Council Graduate Schools in the United States, 1979-1982.

Achievements

• John Jones Salley has been listed as a noteworthy University administrator, oral pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Maryland. division American Cancer Society, 1963-1970, American Fund Dental Health, National Foundation Dentistry for the Handicapped, 1986, president, 1992-1994. Member of advisory board Virginia Institute for Development Disabilities, 1987-1991. Board of trustees Middlesex County Public Library., 1994-1998, president, 1995-1997.

With United States Army Air Force, 1944-1946. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American College Dentists. Member American Dental Association, National Conference University Research Adminstrs., American Academy Oral Pathology, International Association Dental Research(Novice award 1953), International Medical Informatics Association (chairman workinggroup 1989-1992), Sigma Xi, Sigma Zeta, Omicron Kappa Upsilon.

Connections

Married Jean Gordon Cunningham, December 21, 1950. Children: Katharine Gordon, John Jones, Martha Cunningham.

Father:

Thomas Raysor Salley

Mother:

Kathryn (Josey) Salley

Spouse:

Jean Gordon Cunningham

child:

John Jones Salley

child:

Martha Cunningham Salley

child:

Katharine Gordon Salley