Background
Volker, Joseph Francis was born on March 9, 1913 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Francis Joseph and Rose G. (Hennessey) Volker.
chancellor Dean dental educator
Volker, Joseph Francis was born on March 9, 1913 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Francis Joseph and Rose G. (Hennessey) Volker.
Doctor of Dental Surgery, Indiana University, 1936. Bachelor of Arts Rochester, 1938. Master of Science, University Rochester, 1939.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1941. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Medical Science, Thailand, 1967. Doctor of Science, Doctor honoris causa, Lund University, Sweden, 1968.
Doctor of Science, University Louis Pasteur de Strasbourg, 1972. Doctor of Science (honorary), Indiana University, 1970. Doctor of Science, University Alabama, 1970.
Doctor of Science, College Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, 1973. Doctor of Science, University Rochester, 1975. Doctor of Science, Georgetown University, 1978.
Doctor of Science, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1978. Doctor of Science, University Arizona, 1978. Professor (honorary), Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1977.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Troy State University, 1980.
Dental intern Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, New Jersey, 1936—1937. Carnegie fellow in dentistry University Rochester, 1937—1941, assistant professor biochemistry, 1941—1942. Professor clinical dentistry Dental School, Tufts College, 1942—1947, dean, 1947—1949, University Alabama School Dentistry, 1948—1962.
Director research and graduate studies University Alabama Medical Center, 1955—1965, vice president health affairs, 1962—1966. Vice president Birmingham Affairs, 1966—1968. Director Medical Center, Birmingham, 1966—1968.
Executive vice president University Alabama Birmingham, 1968—1969, president, 1969—1976, Distinguished professor, 1982—1989. Chancellor University Alabama Sys, University, 1976—1982. Director Arizona Medical School Study, 1960—1961.
Department State teaching specialist, Thailand, 1951. Member Unitarian Service committee's medical teaching mission to Czechoslovakia, 1946, Germany, 48. Board regents National Library Medicine, 1973—1977.
Member Unitarian Svc. committee"s medical teaching mission to Czechoslovakia, 1946, Germany, 1948. Board regents National Library Medicine, 1973-1977. Member Institute Medicine of National Academy Sciences, Society Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Dental Association, American Chemical Society, International Association Dental Research, Sigma Xi, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Died May 3, 1989.
Married Juanita Berry, February 6, 1937. Children: Joseph Francis, Juanita Anne, John Berry.