Background
Haverty, John Rhodes was born on April 4, 1926 in Atlanta. Son of John Rhodes and Mary Frances (Cooledge) Haverty.
Haverty, John Rhodes was born on April 4, 1926 in Atlanta. Son of John Rhodes and Mary Frances (Cooledge) Haverty.
AB, Princeton University, 1947. Doctor of Medicine, Medical College Georgia, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Georgia State University, 2004.
Intern Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, 1953-1954. Resident St. Christopher's Hospital Children, Philadelphia, 1954-1956, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, 1956-1957. Practice medicine, specializing in pediatrics, 1957-1968.
Dean College Health Sciences, Georgia State University, 1968-1991. Retired Georgia State University, 1991. Associate chairman department pediatrics Crawford W. Long Hospital, 1960-1984.
Member staff Henrietta Egleston Hospital Children, Piedmont Hospital, Northside Hospital, St. Joseph's Infirmary. Associate pediatrics School Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1960. Member Southern Association Colleges and Schools College Commission, 1973-1980, executive council, 1974-1980, trustee, 1980-1984.
President National Commission on Certification Physicians' Assistants, 1976. Member National Board Medical Examiners, 1980-1988, member committee allied health education and accreditation, 1979-1984, vice chairman committee, 1980-1982, chairman committee, 1982-1984. Board directors Council on Postsecondary Accreditation, 1984-1990, chairman committee on recognition, 1988-1990.
Board of directors Atlanta chapter American Red Cross, since 1980, chairman blood services board, Southern region, 1988-1998, member biomedical services board, national chapter, 1992-1995. Board directors Ga.Health Foundation, since 1986, chairman, 1990, 91. Fellow American Academy Pediatrics.
Member American Medical Association, American Society Allied Health Professions (president 1975), Medical Association Georgia (president 1974), Medical Association Atlanta, Southern Association Colleges Schools (board directors 1980-1984).
Son of John Rhodes and Mary Frances (Cooledge) H. M. Elice D. Haverty, August 1, 1986. Children: Kathleen Amanda, Lisa Frances, John Rhodes III.