Thomas B. Turner (1902 – September 22, 2002) was an American

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who worked as the dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine from 1957 to 1968.

Early life and education

Turner was born in

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. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John's College from the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Career

Turner joined the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in the 1920s and remained at the university until 1968. During his final eleven he worked as dean of the medical school. During World War II, Turner briefly left Johns Hopkins to manage the United States Army's syphilis eradication program. In the 1980s, Turner became the founding director of the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation at Johns Hopkins.

References

American microbiologists Johns Hopkins University faculty 2002 deaths 1902 births {{US-biologist-stub People from Prince Frederick, Maryland St. John's College (Annapolis/Santa Fe) alumni University of Maryland School of Medicine alumni University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni United States Army personnel of World War II Johns Hopkins School of Medicine faculty