Background
Jaqua, Richard Allen was born on April 15, 1938 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of John Franklin and Esther Constance (Rossing) Jaqua.
Jaqua, Richard Allen was born on April 15, 1938 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of John Franklin and Esther Constance (Rossing) Jaqua.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Yale University, 1960; Doctor of Medicine Harvard University, 1965.
Teaching fellow pathology, Harvard Medical School, 1965-1967; resident clinical pathology, National Institutes of Health, 1967-1969; intern pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1965-1966; fellow tumor pathology, Memorial-Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, 1969-1970; assistant professor pathology, U. South Dakot School Medicine, Vermillion, 1970-1973; associate professor, U. South Dakot School Medicine, 1973-1974; associate professor, acting department chairman laboratory medicine, U. South Dakot School Medicine, 1974-1977; professor, department chairman laboratory medicine, U. South Dakot School Medicine, since 1977; director, U. South Dakot School Medicine (Electron Microscopy Laboratory and Clinical Virology Laboratory), since 1979; pathologist, Veterans Administration Hospital., Sioux Falls, South Dakot, since 1978; practice medicine specializing in anatomic and clinical pathology and nuclear medicine, Laboratory Clinical Medicine, Sioux Falls, since 1970.
Served with United States Public Health Service, 1967-1969. Fellow College American Pathologists, American Society Clinical Pathologists. Member Electron Microscopy Society American, American Association Cancer Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Academy Pathology, Society Nuclear Medicine, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Mary Joanne Stewart, December 29, 1969.