| Joseph J. Kinyoun | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 25, 1860 East Bend, North Carolina |
| Died | February 14, 1919 (aged 58) Washington, DC |
| Fields | Bacteriology, Public health |
| Institutions | Marine Hospital Service George Washington University |
| Alma mater | Bellevue Medical College |
| Influences | Robert Koch |
Joseph James Kinyoun MD (November 25, 1860-February 14, 1919) was founder and first director 1887-1899 of the United States' Hygienic Laboratory, the predecessor of the National Institutes of Health.
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Joseph James Kinyoun was born November 25, 1860 in East Bend, North Carolina, the oldest of five children born to Elizabeth Ann Conrad and John Hendricks Kinyoun. The family moved to Johnson County, Missouri, in 1866, where the elder Kinyoun was a physician.[1]
Kinyoun was educated at St. Louis Medical College and graduated from Bellevue Medical College in 1882. He did postdoctoral studies in pathology and bacteriology at the Carnegie Laboratory[2] and in Europe under Robert Koch. He was awarded a Ph.D. from Georgetown University in 1896.
Dr. Kinyoun began his career in the Marine Hospital Service as an assistant surgeon, taking over direction of the Laboratory of Hygiene in 1887.[3] When the Surgeon General moved the laboratory from Staten Island to Washington, DC in 1891, Kinyoun moved as well.
In 1899, he became head of the Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco. He resigned that position in 1901 after allegations his findings of a bubonic plague outbreak were scaremongering prior to being proven correct by additional testing. Kinyoun's later career was spent in private companies and as a professor of bacteriology and pathology at George Washington University[2] before becoming a bacteriologist for the District of Columbia Health Department, a position he held until his death. In 1909, Dr. Kinyoun served as president of the American Society for Microbiology.
James and Susan Elizabeth "Lizzie" Perry married in 1883. The couple had at least four children: Joseph Perry Kinyoun; Alice Kinyoun Houts; Conrad Kinyoun; and John Nathan Kinyoun.
Joseph Kinyoun died on February 14, 1919, in Washington, DC.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' Joseph J. Kinyoun Memorial Lecture is named in his honor.
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