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Stanhope Bayne-Jones
Stanhope Bayne-Jones (November 6, 1888 – February 20, 1970) was an American physician, bacteriologist, medical historian and a United States Army medical officer with the rank of brigadier general. Early life and educationBayne-Jones was born on November 6, 1888, in New Orleans[1] as the son of physician. His grandfather Joseph Jones was also a physician and served in the medical department of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. In this way, Bayne-Jones was influenced in his future career choice.[1] Bayne-Jones attended Dixon Academy in Covington, Louisiana and then enrolled the Yale University, where he graduated in 1910 with A.B. degree. He then entered Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, where he received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1914. CareerHe became a teacher and also a researcher in the fields of bacteriology and immunology. Bayne-Jones received a commission of First Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, U.S. Army on August 7, 1915. Bayne-Jones was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1944.[2] As a member of the United States Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Smoking and Health, he had a significant role in the 1964 report linking smoking to cancer.[3] Bayne-Jones was the subject of a biography in 1992.[4] Bayne-Jones Community Hospital at the US Army's Fort Polk is named in his honor, as is a professorship at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[3] His papers were donated to the United States National Library of Medicine in the late 1960s.[5] Bayne-Jones was the first master at Yale University's Trumbull College from 1932 to 1938. DecorationsShown below is the ribbon bar of Bayne-Jones as a Brigadier general:[1][6]
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