What is Howard W. Jones?
'''Howard Wilbur Jones, Jr.''' (December 30, 1910 – July 31, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] gynecological [[surgeon]] and [[in vitro fertilization]] (IVF) specialist. Jones and his wife, [[Georgeanna Seegar Jones]], were two of the earliest reproductive medicine specialists in the United States.<ref name=EPE>{{cite web|title=Howard Wilber Jones Jr.|url=http://embryo.asu.edu/pages/howard-wilber-jones-jr|website=The Embryo Project Encyclopedia|publisher=[[Arizona Board of Regents]]|access-date=July 9, 2014}}</ref> They established the reproductive medicine center that was responsible for the birth of the first IVF baby in the U.S. He wrote articles on the [[beginning of human personhood]] and testified before legislators on the same subject. He was one of the early physicians to perform [[sex reassignment surgery|sex reassignment surgeries]]. Jones was on the faculty at [[Johns Hopkins School of Medicine]] from the 1940s until his mandatory retirement from the institution in 1978. Jones was born in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. He studied at [[Amherst College]]. Jones died in [[Norfolk, Virginia]] from [[respiratory failure]], aged 104. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Howard J.}} [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:American centenarians]] [[Category:American physicians]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Virginia]] [[Category:Scientists from Baltimore]] {{US-bio-stub}}