Background
Rowley, Janet Davison was born on April 5, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Hurford Henry and Ethel Mary (Ballantyne) Davison.
Rowley, Janet Davison was born on April 5, 1925 in New York City. Daughter of Hurford Henry and Ethel Mary (Ballantyne) Davison.
Bachelor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1944; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1946; Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1948; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Arizona, 1989; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Pennsylvania, 1989; Doctor of Science (honorary), Knox College, 1991; Doctor of Science (honorary), University Southern California, 1992; Doctor of Science (honorary), St. Saint Louis University, 1997.
Research assistant, University of Chicago, 1949-1950;
intern, Marine Hospital, United States Public Health Service, Chicago, 1950-1951;
attending physician Infant Welfare and Prenatal Clinics, Department Public Health, Montgomery County, Maryland., 1953-1954;
research fellow, Levinson Foundation, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1955-1961;
clinical instructor neurology, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1957-1961;
United States Public Health Service special trainee Radiobiology Laboratory, The Churchill Hospital, Oxford, England, 1961-1962;
research associate department medicine and Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, University of Chicago, 1962-1969;
associate professor department medicine and Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, University of Chicago, 1969-1977;
professor department medicine and Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, University of Chicago, 1977-1984;
Blum-Riese Distinguished Svc. professor, department medicine and department molecular genetics and cell biology, since 1984. Member National Cancer Advisory Board, 1979-1984. Board science counsellors National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, since 1994, chairman, 1994-1997.
Bernard Cohen Memorial lecturer University of Pennsylvania, 1993, Katherine D. McCormick Distinguished lecturer Stanford University, 1994, Donald D. Van Slyke lecturer Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1994, HilaryKoprowski lecturer Thomas Jefferson U., 1994, W. Jack Stuckey Junior lecturer Tulane Career Center, 1996. Presidential Symposium American Society Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1995. British Journal of Haematology Plenary lecturer British Society Haematology, 1997.
Peacock Memorial lecturer in pathology University Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1997. Cosbie lecturer Royal College Physicians and Surgeons Canada, 1997.
Member Board Science Counsellors, National Institute Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, 1972-1976, chairman, 1974-1976. Member National Cancer Advisory Board, National Cancer Institute, 1979-1984. Member of advisory committee Frederick Cancer Research Facility, 1983-1985.
Member board sci.counsellors, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, since 1994, chairman, 1994-1997. Member of advisory board Leukemia Society American, 1979-1984. Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation visiting committee Department Applied Biological Sciences, 1983-1986.
Member selection committee scholar award in biomedical Science, Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, 1984-1987. Trustee Adler Planetarium, Chicago, since 1978. Board directors American Board Medical Genetics,1982-1983, American Board Human Genetics, 1985-1988.
Board science consultant Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1988-1990. National advising committee McDonnell Foundation Program for Molecular Medicine in Cancer Research, 1988-1998. Advising committee Encyclopedia Britannica University of Chicago, 1988-1996.
Member of advisory board Howard Hughes Medical Institute,1989-1994, Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, since 1998. Advising committee for career awardsin biomedical science Burroughs Wellcome Fund, 1994-1998. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (nominating committee 1998).
Member NAS (chairman of the section 41 since 1995), American Academy Arts and Sciences (nominating committee 1998), American Philosophical Society, American Society Human Genetics (president-elect 1992, president 1993, Allen award and lecturer 1991), Genetical Society (Great Britain), American Society Hematology (Presidential Symposium 1982, Dameshek prize 1982, Ham-Wasserman award 1995), American Association Cancer Research (G.H.A. Clowes Memorial award 1989), Institute Medicine (county 1988-1990), Sigma Xi (William Proctor prize for science achievement 1989), Alpha Omega Alpha Alumnus.
Married Donald A. Rowley, December 18, 1948. Children: Donald, David, Robert, Roger.