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

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of par ...

who worked as the dean of the

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM) is the medical school of Johns Hopkins University, a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Established in 1893 following the construction of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, th ...

from 1957 to 1968.

Early life and education

Turner was born in

Prince Frederick, Maryland Prince Frederick is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of Prince Frederick was 3,226, up from 2,538 in 2010. It is the county seat of Ca ...

. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from St. John's College from the

University of Maryland School of Medicine The University of Maryland School of Medicine (abbreviated UMSOM), located in Baltimore City, Maryland, U.S., is the medical school of the University of Maryland, Baltimore and is affiliated with the University of Maryland Medical Center and ...

Career

Turner joined the

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 World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, Turner briefly left Johns Hopkins to manage the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the primary Land warfare, land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of th ...

'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