OUR FOUNDERS:
Dr. Georgeanna Jones

Until her death at the age of 92 in 2005, Dr. Jones was a Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at both the Eastern Virginia Medical School and Johns Hopkins University Medical School, and was Honorary Director of the Board of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine.

Born July 6, 1912 in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Jones received her BA 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 include 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 wrote several textbooks and more than 350 infertility research papers.