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In Fond Memory of Georgeanna S. Jones, MD 1912 - 2005 Dr. Jones was a professor emeritus of obstetrics and gynecology at both Eastern Virginia Medical School and Johns Hopkins University Medical School and honorary director of the board of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Jones received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Goucher College in 1932 and her MD from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1936. She completed her postgraduate training at Johns Hopkins as a house officer in gynecology and as a National Cancer Institute trainee. She also performed laboratory research in endocrinology for the medical school's department of surgery. After her training, she was named director of Johns Hopkins' Laboratory of Reproductive Physiology and gynecologist - in - charge of the hospital's gynecological endocrine clinic. She remained in these positions until moving to Norfolk in 1978. Dr. Jones was a member of numerous local, state, national, and international medical societies. She served as president of the American Fertility Society in 1970. Her honorary degrees included those from Goucher College, Old Dominion University, Amherst College, and Eastern Virginia Medical School. She achieved numerous honors including the 1966 Rubin Award, the 1971 Barren Foundation Award, Virginia Woman of the Year in 1982, the Medical College of Pennsylvania's Woman Scientist of the Year in 1985, Society of Hopkins Scholars in 1986, and the Cosmopolitan Club of Norfolk Distinguished Service Award Medal in 1988. Dr. Jones authored several textbooks and more than 350
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