Background
Mellette, M. Susan Jackson was born on June 4, 1922 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Donald Rudolph and Bessie Lou (Mull) Jackson.
Mellette, M. Susan Jackson was born on June 4, 1922 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Donald Rudolph and Bessie Lou (Mull) Jackson.
AB, Meredith College, 1942. Postgraduate, University North Carolina, 1943. Postgraduate, University Pennsylvania Medical School, 1944.
Doctor of Medicine, University Cincinnati, 1947.
Fels research assistant, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1942-1943; intern, Cleveland City Hospital, 1947-1948; resident in internal medicine, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York City, 1949-1951; resident in internal medicine, Koch Hospital, St. Louis, 1952-1954; research associate, U. Louisville, 1952; National Institutes of Health research fellow, Medical College Virginia, 1955-1957; Damon Runyon cancer research fellow, Medical College Virginia, 1957-1958; research associate, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1958-1960; assistant professor internal medicine, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1960-1969; associate professor, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1969-1979; professor internal and rehabilitation medicine, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1979-1993; professor emerita, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, since 1993; cancer coordinator, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1961-1966; director Cancer Rehabilitation Program, Medical College Virginia, Richmond, 1974-1993. Member behavioral medicine study section National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1986-1991. Member cancer education committee National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 1974-1978, member task force on rehabilitation research, 1990, member expert panel on advances in cancer treatment National Cancer Institute, 1992.
Member Commission on Terminal Care Legislature Virginia, Richmond, 1982-1983. Advisory board Women's Bank, Richmond, 1979-1981. Fellow American Association Cancer Education (president 1975).
Member New York Academy of Sciences, American Congress Rehabilitation Medicine (chairman cancer rehabilitation committee 1984-1987), American Cancer Society (honorary, life board Richmond metropolitan unit 1998, national service and rehabilitation committee 1982-1992, national patient services committee 1992-1994, Professional Education award Virginia division 1982, National Humanitarian award 1996), Medical College Virginia Alumni Association (named distinguished professor 1995), Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Peter A. Mellette, June 16, 1943. Children: Susan E. Mellette Lederhouse, Peter Mason.