John Howard Wallace (March 8, 1925 – 1992) was an American immunologist and microbiologist.
John Howard Wallace | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 8, 1925 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | 1992 (aged 66–67) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Howard University, Ohio State University |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Harvard University, Tulane University, Ohio State University, University of Louisville |
| Thesis | A Serologic Study of Virus Modified Erythrocytes (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dr. M.C. Dodd |
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] Wallace's Ph.D. dissertation was titled, "A Serologic Study of Virus Modified Erythrocytes," and his advisor was Dr. M. C. Dodd.[2]
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][3][4]
In 1978, Wallace served as chair of the Minority Affairs Committee of the American Association of Immunologists.[5] Wallace served on the board of governors for the American Academy of Microbiology from 1985 to 1988.[4]
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]
Select publications
edit- Chu, N.M., Janckila, A.M., Wallace, J.H., and Yam, L.T., Assessment of a method for immunochemical detection of antigen on nitrocellulose membranes, Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry ,1989, 37(2), pp. 257-263.
- McLeish, K.R., Stelzer, G.T., Wallace, J.H., Regulation of oxygen radical release from murine peritoneal macrophages by pharmacologic doses of PGE2, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 1987, 3(1), pp. 15–20.
- McLeish, K.R., Gohara, A.F., Stelzer, G.T., Wallace, J.H., Treatment of murine immune complex glomerulonephritis with prostaglandin E2: Dose-response of immune complex deposition, antibody synthesis, and glomerular damage, Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology, 1983, 26(1), pp. 18–23.
- Janckila, A.J., Stelzer, G.T., Wallace, J.H., Yam, L.T., Phenotype of the hairy cells of leukemic reticuloendotheliosis defined by monoclonal antibodies, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1983, 79(4), pp. 431–437.
- Janckila, A.J., Wallace, J.H., Yam, L.T., Generalized Monocyte Deficiency in Leukaemic Reticuloendotheliosis, Scandinavian Journal of Haematology, 1982, 29(2), pp. 153–160.
- Parker, M.A., Mandel, A.D., Wallace, J.H., Sonnenfeld, G.,Modulation of the human in vitro antibody response by human leukocyte interferon preparations, Cellular Immunology, 1981, 58(2), pp. 464–469.
- Jacob, C.V., Stelzer, G.T., Wallace, J.H., The influence of cigarette tobacco smoke products on the immune response, Immunology, 1980, 40(4), pp. 621–627.
- Poskitt, P.K.F., Poskitt, T.R., Wallace, J.H., Renal deposition of soluble immune complexes in mice bearing B-16 melanoma: Characterization of complexes and relationship to tumor progress, Journal of Experimental Medicine, 1974, 140(2), pp. 410–425
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Todd, Rheanna (2018-10-21). "John Wallace (1925-1992) •". blackpast.org. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
- ^ "A SEROLOGIC STUDY OF VIRUS MODIFIED ERYTHROCYTES - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
- ^ "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.