Howard W. Jones Jr. was expecting controversy.But not this controversy.Jones was pioneering the developing science of in vitro fertilization in the United States. He and his wife, Georgeanna Jones, one of the nation’s first specialists in reproductive hormones, had retired from Johns Hopkins University in 1978. They moved to Norfolk, Va., the next year and were trying to start a clinic at Eastern Virginia Medical School to help couples struggling to conceive.
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Surgeon Howard Jones, Who Pioneered IVF, Dies at 104
Surgeon Howard Jones, who pioneered in vitro fertilization, died Friday at 104. Jones, who was still writing and active in his field until a recent illness, enjoyed a medical career longer than most people’s lives. Although he had a series of triumphs as a surgeon, he became best known for something he achieved at age 70. In 1981, he and his wife, physician Georgeanna Jones, ushered in the birth of the first baby born through IVF in the USA.