Background
Johns, Richard James was born on August 19, 1925 in Pendleton, Oregon, United States. Son of James Shanard and Pearl (McKenna) Johns.
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Richard James Johns
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Bachelor of Science, U. Oregon, 1947; Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1948.
Career
Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1948-1949;
assistant resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1951-1953;
fellow in medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1953-1955;
resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1955-1956;
instructor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1955-1957;
physician, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, since 1956;
assistant professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1957-1961;
associate professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1961-1966;
assistant dean admissions, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1962-1966;
professor medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, since 1966;
director subdept. biomedical engineering, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1966-1970;
member of advisory board, principal professional staff Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, since 1967;
professor, director department biomedical engineering, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, 1970-1991;
distinguished service professor, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, since 1991. Board visitors School Engineering, Duke U., since 1986. Chairman advising committee Divisional Health Sciences and Technology Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987-1992.
Member committee science, engineering public policy NAS, 1988-1990. Member science advising committee General Motors, 1991-1997.
Achievements
Membership
Secretary, vice chairman, chairman medical board Myasthenia Gravis Foundation. Trustee American Board Clinical Engineering, president, 1976-1983. Board directors Whitaker Foundation, 1991-1994.
Captain Medical Corps Army of the United States, 1949-1951. Fellow American College of Physicians, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute for Biological & Medical Engineering (founding), Royal Society Medicine. Member American Clinical and Climatological Association (Vice-President 1977-1978, secretary-treasurer 1979-1985, president 1986-1987), American Society Clinical Investigation, Association American Physicians, biomedical Engineering Society (board directors 1972-1975, president 1978-1979), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (president group on engineering in medicine and biology 1970-1972), Institute Medicine NAS (county 1987-1990), Johns Hopkins Medical Society (pres.1968-1969), Interurban Clinical Club (president 1980-1981), Peripatetic Club, Caduceus Club, Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, Phi Kappa Psi, Nu Sigma Nu, Tau Beta Pi.
Connections
Married Carol Greacen Johnson. Children: Richard Clark, Robert Shanard, James Ashmore.
