Background
Bates, Joseph Henry was born on September 19, 1933 in Little Rock. Son of Henry Ermer and Susan Elizabeth (Wallis) Bates.
Bates, Joseph Henry was born on September 19, 1933 in Little Rock. Son of Henry Ermer and Susan Elizabeth (Wallis) Bates.
Bachelor of Science, U. Arkansas, 1957; Doctor of Medicine, U. Arkansas, 1957; Master of Science, U. Arkansas, 1963.
Medical intern, U. Arkansas Medical Center, 1957-1958; resident in internal medicine, U. Arkansas Medical Center, 1958-1961; fellow in infections diseases, U. Arkansas Medical Center, 1961-1963; clinical investigator, Little Rock VA Medical Center, 1963-1966; member of faculty, U. Arkansas Medical Center, Little Rock, since 1967; professor medicine, U. Arkansas Medical Center, since 1973; vice department chairman, U. Arkansas Medical Center, since 1978. Chief medical service Little Rock Veterans Administration Hospital., since 1970. Director Mercantile Bank Arkansas.
Chairman Arkansas chapter National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1980. Chairman biracial commission Little Rock publicschs., 1977-1979. Board directors American Lung Association, 1972-1990.
Served as officerM.C. Army of the United States, 1956-1965. Member American College of Physicians (governor), American College Chest Physicians (governor), American Federation Clinical Research, American Thoracic Society (president 1988-1989), Infectious Disease Society, So.Soc. Clinical Research, American Lung Association (president 1994-1995), Aassn.
American Physicians, Association professors Medicine.
Married Patsy McGinnis, August 6, 1955. Children— Patricia, Susan Elizabeth, Joseph Henry, III, Elisabeth Lee.