1935-1979, inclusive

Personal name, Jones, Georgeanna Seegar, 1912-2005

Personal name, Jones, Howard W., Jr. (Howard Wilbur), 1910-2015

Georgeanna S. Jones (nee Seegar) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father was J. King B.E. Seegar, an obstetrician. She earned an A.B. from Goucher College in 1932 and a M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1936. After completing her residency in Johns Hopkins Hospital's gyneocology department, Jones became a National Cancer Institute trainee in 1937, finishing her post graduate training in endocrinology laboratory research in the department of surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In 1939, she was appointed as an assistant professor, gynecology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and also as the first woman gyneocolgy-in-charge of the Gynecological Endocrine Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a position she held until her retirement in 1978. Her decades of research included identification of the pregnancy hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin, as a product of the placenta, as well as the identification of the disorder luteal phase defect. Jones married Howard W. Jones,Jr., in 1940, and collaborated with him in research and in clinical practice for the remainder of her active medical career. While at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Jones acheived the rank of professor, gynecology and obstetrics in 1972 and was named professor emeritus in 1978. That same year, she and her husband moved to Norfolk,Virginia to work with Dr. Mason Andrews at the Eastern Virginia Medical School and soon began work on in-vitro fertilization which led to success in 1981. Jones' extensive bibliography was published in the June 1982 "Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey" Volume 37/Number 6, a commemorative issue. She was the editor-in-chief for gynecology of that journal for over 25 years. Jones was a member of numerous medical societies including the Baltimore City Medical Society, the Southern Medical Society and the American Medical Association. She was also a member of the American Fertility Society, becoming its first woman president in 1970. Jones was also the recipient of many honors including the Rubin Award, 1966 and the Doctor of Science from Goucher College, 1970.

Howard W. Jones, Jr.
30 Dec 1910 - 31 July 2015
Howard W. Jones, Jr., was born in Baltimore. He received his A.B in 1931 from Amherst College and his M.D. in 1935 from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He completed his post-graduate training in surgery at the Baltimore City Hospitals and in 1942 he was appointed as a part time assistant in surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Jones served in the European and Pacific theaters in WWII. He returned to Baltimore continuing his affiliation with the Johns Hopkins department of surgery as a part-time instructor. In 1948, Jones transferred to the Johns Hopkins department of gynecology as a part time faculty member. He was involved in laboratory research in the early detection of cervical and breast cancer, working with Professor TeLinde. In 1957 he was appointed as an associate professor and established the cytogenetics laboratory at Johns Hopkins when the field was in its infancy. In 1960 he was appointed to the full time faculty, continuing his work in cytogenetics, but also specializing in the treatment and surgical correction of severe sexual disorders. Howard was appointed to full professor in 1967. He was one of the founding directors of the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics (JHPIEGO), serving as its first secretary general in 1974. Jones and his wife, Georgeanna, retired from Johns Hopkins in 1978. They were appointed professors of obstetrics and gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, where they established the first in vitro fertilization program in the United States.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, student, 1932-1936

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1948-1978

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1960-1978

Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1942-1978

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1942-1978

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