OUR FOUNDERS:
Howard W. Jones, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Jones is Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and Honorary Chairman of the Board of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine. He is also Professor Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he served as Professor of Gynecology and Obstetrics, acting Chairman of the Department, and Secretary General of the John Hopkins University Program for International Education.

Dr. Jones received his BA degree from Amherst College and his MD degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has been awarded honorary degrees by the University of Cordoba, Old Dominion University, Amherst College, University of Madrid, and Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is also the recipient of Medal of the College of France and the Distinguished Service Award of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and has been made an honorary member of over 20 foreign scientific societies, including the Fellowship ad eundem of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Dr. Jones and his wife, Dr. Georgeanna Seegar Jones, moved to Norfolk in 1978 to accept the challenge of creating an in vitro fertilization program at Eastern Virginia Medical. The Joneses are responsible for the first IVF pregnancy success in the United States.

Dr. Jones continues to hold key positions in the development of ethical standards for reproductive technologies. He is a past Chairman of the American Fertility Society Ethics Committee on Reproductive Technology. He and his late wife were the only American gynecologists invited by the Vatican to participate on a panel to advise Pope John Paul II concerning assisted reproduction. Scientists from as far away as Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, and South America traveled to Norfolk to learn from the Drs. Howard and Georgeanna Jones and their colleagues.