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John Howard Wallace (March 8, 1925 – 1992) was an American immunologist and microbiologist.
John Howard Wallace | |
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| Born | March 8, 1925 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | 1992 (aged 66–67) |
Early life and education
editWallace was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on March 8, 1925.[1]
Wallace earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from Howard University in 1947. He earned his master's degree and Ph.D. in bacteriology from Ohio State University in 1948 and 1951, respectively.[1]
Career
editAfter earning his Ph.D., Wallace worked as a research associate at Harvard Medical School, and subsequently, he was a professor at Tulane University and Ohio State University.[1]
In 1972, Wallace became the first African American to be a chairperson of a department of microbiology in a non-HBCU medical school when he became chair at the University of Louisville.[1][2][3]
In 1978, Wallace served as chair of the Minority Affairs Committee of the American Association of Immunologists.[4] Wallace served on the board of governors for the American Academy of Microbiology from 1985 to 1988.[3]
Wallace conducted research related to immune responses to infectious diseases, tobacco smoke, and cancer, and he published over 130 articles in scientific journals.[1]
He died of cancer in 1992.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Todd, Rheanna (2018-10-21). "John Wallace (1925-1992) •". blackpast.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "Heroes of Microbiology / Ruth Ella Moore / William A. Hinton / Eugene Cota-Robles". www.si.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ a b Johnson-Thompson, Marian C.; Jay, James M. (1997). "Ethnic Diversity in ASM: the Early History of African-American Microbiologists" (PDF). American Society for Microbiology. 63: 77–82.
- ^ "The American Association of Immunologists - Brief-History-MAC". www.aai.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.