Background
Seal, John Ridley was born on March 10, 1912 in West Virginia, United States. Son of Gordon S. and Inez A. (Crump) Seal.
Seal, John Ridley was born on March 10, 1912 in West Virginia, United States. Son of Gordon S. and Inez A. (Crump) Seal.
Doctor of Medicine, University Virginia, 1937.
Intern Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1937-1938. Fellow in pathology University Virginia School Medicine, 1938-1940. Resident in medicine New York Hospital, New York City, 1940-1942.
Commissioned lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1942, advanced through grades to captain, 1957. Officer in charge Naval Medical Research Unit 4, Great Lakes, Illinois, 1946-1954. Director communicable disease division Bureau Medicine and Surgery Navy Department, Washington, 1954-1958.
Commanding officer Naval Medical Research Unit 3, Cairo, Illinois, 1958-1961, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, 1961-1965, retired, 1965. Associate director intramural research National Institute Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1965-1970, science director, 1970-1975, deputy director National Institute Allergy and Infectious Disease, 1975-1981, special assistant to director National Institutes of Health, from 1981.
Fellow American College of Physicians. Member Infectious Disease Society, American Epidemiological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Married Frances C. Shackelford, January 7, 1937.