A.J. Ladman AAA/Wiley Exemplary Service Award

T he A.J. Ladman AAA/Wiley Exemplary Service Award is jointly presented by The American Association of Anatomists and John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Publishers. This award is presented to a member who has distinguished himself or herself in the field of anatomy and who has provided exemplary service to the Association. The recipient of this award for 2000 is Dr. William P. Jollie, Professor Emeritus of Anatomy and former Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. William Jollie It is certainly a special privilege to be able to prepare this biographical sketch of Dr. Jollie, as he was my first boss. In the spring of 1969 I visited the Department of Anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia to interview with the Acting Chair, Dr. Everett H. Ingersoll, for a position as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Ingersoll suggested that I speak with a certain Dr. William Jollie, who was being considered for the chair of the department and whose second visit (I really didn't know at that time what “second visit” meant) just happened to overlap with my (only) visit. The next morning I met with Dr. Jollie and his lovely wife Ludmila for breakfast in the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond. Dr. Jollie was most gracious, Ludmila was a delight, and I was so nervous I don't remember eating anything. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Jollie became the chair of the Department of Anatomy at MCV, and the top dog, and I became the most junior faculty member in the department. He was a very supportive boss, doing absolutely the best he could for his young faculty. He was not only an excellent example of what it meant to be a good anatomist, but also what it meant to be a fine human being. Dr. Jollie received his undergraduate training in Biology at Lehigh University, earning his B.S. in 1950 and his M.S. in 1952 (both with honors). In addition to acquiring degrees while at Lehigh he also met Ludmila there. His educational progress was momentarily interrupted by two years in the Army Medical Corps. However, this provided support, in the form of the G.I. Bill, for most of his graduate work at Harvard, from which he received his PhD in Biological Sciences in 1959. During his last year at Harvard he was also an Instructor of Natural Science at Bradford College. His long career in anatomy was initiated in 1959 when Dr. Jollie accepted a position as Lecturer in Histology-Embryology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada in the Department of Anatomy chaired by Dr. John V. Basmajian. After two years, and a summer (1961) as a Research Associate in Placentology at Washington University in the laboratory of Dr. Edward W. Dempsey, he accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Anatomy at Tulane University in 1961. Dr. Jollie rose through the academic ranks at Tulane, becoming an Associate Professor in 1965 and Professor in 1968. In 1969 he became Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV), succeeding Dr. Erling S. Hegre. Dr. Jollie was Chair of Anatomy at MCV for 25½ years. In 1995 he was named Emeritus Professor. Beginning with his very early publications, Dr. Jollie has focused his research efforts primarily on the fine structure and function of the placenta. He has described a range of features characteristic of the normal placenta and how these may be modified by factors such as increasing gestational age or alcohol intake. He performed a series of studies on the mechanism of transport through the placenta. He has also conducted comparative studies on the ultrastructure of the ovarian follicle of poeciliid fish and on the yolk sac and pregnant uterus of the dogfish. His coauthor on these comparative reports is none other than Ludmila G. Jollie. She has the equivalent of a B.S. degree from Heidelberg University and an M.S. degree in Bacteriology from Lehigh University. Dr. Jollie's dedication to his field and especially to the AAA has been absolutely outstanding. He served on six committees for the AAA over the period of 1974–1994, was elected Secretary-Treasurer for two terms between 1980 and 1988, and was President of the Association from 1992–1993. During an important period of transition in the AAA, Dr. Jollie graciously served as the Executive Officer of the Association at FASEB. He was also a member of the Editorial Board of The American Journal of Anatomy (1973–1980, 1990–1991). In addition he was a member of the Association of Anatomy Chairman (now the Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology, and Neuroscience Chairpersons) and active in committees of this organization, a charter member of the Southern Society of Anatomists as well as President (1973) and Councilor (1969–1972) of this group, a member of the American Society for Cell Biology and member of the Legislative Alert Committee (1989–1991), and a charter member of the Society for the Study of Reproduction. Dr. Jollie has also served on the Board of Directors (1993–1997) and on five committees of FASEB between 1993 and 1998, as Program Chairman (1968) of the Electron Microscopic Society of America, as the AAA representative to the Council of Academic Societies (1984–1988, 1992–1994) of the AAMC, and on three committees of the Teratology Society. Dr. Jollie is a member of nine scientific professional societies including the AAA, FASEB, American Society for Cell Biology, Teratology Society, and the European Teratology Society. Both Jollies are also quite active in community organizations, including their local chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Harvard Club of Virginia, and the Torch Club of Richmond. Over the years Dr. Jollie has been quite involved in service activity within his institution, has participated in site visits for National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and on five occasions has served as a member of the University Reaffirmation for Accreditation Review for the Commission on Colleges for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. He has also reviewed graduate educational programs at Kuwait University, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Ohio State University, the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences, and the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Brazil). He has been invited to present research lectures at numerous institutions around the world including, but not limited to, Wayne State University, University of Missouri at Kansas City (as Trustee Visiting Professor), University of Paris (Sorbonne), Mahidol University (Thailand), University of Arkansas, University of Virginia, Cambridge University, and the University of Otago (as William Evans Visiting Professor). Dr. Jollie has served as group leader for delegations of anatomists visiting the Soviet Union, the Peoples Republic of China, and Southeast Asia. He has also been invited to serve as a visiting faculty member, giving lectures and laboratory sessions, at St. Georges University (Grenada), the University of Kuwait, the University of Otago, and the Autonomous University of Guadalajara. In addition to the inherent honor of being elected to offices, invited to give lectures, and to conduct site visits and program reviews, Dr. Jollie has also received the Centennial Award for Service from the AAA (1987), a Certificate of Appreciation for Distinguished Service from FASEB (1997), and was elected to Fellowship in the Royal Microscopical Society. We have now come full circle in recognizing Dr. William P. Jollie for his many years of dedicated service to the field of anatomy and to our Association. The AAA is pleased to honor Dr. Jollie as the 2000 recipient of the A.J. Ladman AAA/Wiley Exemplary Service Award.

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