Background
II, Thomas Richards Johns, was born on August 25, 1924 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of John Rosslyn Johns and Genevieve (Carpenter) Johns Longridge.
II, Thomas Richards Johns, was born on August 25, 1924 in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States. Son of John Rosslyn Johns and Genevieve (Carpenter) Johns Longridge.
AB, West Virginia University, 1945. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard University, 1948.
Intern Faulkner Hospital, Boston, 1948-1949. Resident in neurology Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, 1949-1951. Assistant resident-chief resident Neurological Institute Columbia-Presbyterian, New York City, 1953-1955.
Visiting fellow Columbia College Physicians and Surgeons, 1955. Assistant professor neurology University Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1955-1957, associate professor, 1958-1964, professor, since 1964, alumni professor, since 1972, chairman neurology, since 1967. Research professor Institute Pharmacy, University Lund, Sweden, 1960.
Member advisory board Myasthenia Gravis Foundation, since 1958, Multiple Sclerosis Society, since 1967. Examiner, director American Board Psychology and Neurology, 1962-1974, 75-82.
Member Committee on Foreign Affairs, since 1970. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) Medical Corps United States Naval Reserve. Fellow American Academy Neurology.
Member American Neurological Association (council 1974-1976), Association American Medical Colleges (Chemical Abstracts Service since 1970, administrative board 1978-1982), Association University Professors Neurology (trustee 1968-1971, president 1970-1971, executive committee 68-77), Association Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, Society Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha.
Married Mary Virginia Johnson, August 4, 1946 (divorced 1976).; children– Anne Elisabeth Johns Miller, Rebecca Longridge Johns Gerritsen, Thomas Richards Johns III. Married Mary Dearing Ward, July 1, 1978.
1 child, Sarah Dearing.