John Joseph Bryan

Background

Bryan, John Joseph was born on August 9, 1921 in Bisbee, Arizona, United States. Son of Wirt Gold and Viola Catherine (Snarr) Bryan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Baylor University, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, Baylor University, 1954.

Career

Clinical pathologist Bluefield (West Virginia) Sanitarium Hospital, 1959-1979, Clinch Valley Clinical Hospital, Richland, Virginia, 1959-1979, Stevens Clinical Hospital, Welch, West Virginia, 1959-1979, 82-87, Bluefield Communications Hospital, 1979-1982. Staff physical Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Waco, Texas, 1987-1992, chief of staff, 1993-1995. Chief, environmental medicine VA Central Texas Health Care Systems, Marlin, Temple and Waco, 1996-1997.

Retired, 1997

Instructor chemistry Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, 1948—1950. Clinical assistant professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Texas A & M University Health Science Center Va Medical Center, Waco, Texas, 1994—1996.

Achievements

• John Joseph Bryan has been listed as a noteworthy Physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Baptist General Association of Virginia, Richmond, 1971. Trustee Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, 1977-1987, chairman, 1985-1986. Lieutenant medical corporation United States Navy Reserve, 1944-1946, 54-55.

Fellow College American Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists, Association Clinical Scientists. Member American Chemical Society, American Medical Association, Southern Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Texas Society Pathologists.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, houseplants, photography, softball.

Connections

Married Annie Dee Pickens, August 28, 1948. Children: Celia Keath, Dee Alice Brentlinger, Susan Paige Chastain.

Father:

Wirt Gold Bryan

Mother:

Viola Catherine (Snarr) Bryan

Spouse:

Annie Dee Pickens

child:

Susan Paige Chastain Bryan

child:

Celia Keath Bryan

child:

Dee Alice Brentlinger Bryan