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John Edwards, retired gerontologist, dies at 66
John A. Edwards, professor emeritus of medicine and founder of the Alzheimer's Disease Assistance Center of Western New York, died Oct. 28 in Sisters Hospital. He was 66.
Edwards, who retired from UB in 2000, had been acting head of the Division of Geriatrics/Gerontology in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.
A native of Hawarden, Wales, Edwards obtained medical degrees from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom in 1959 and trained in internal medicine in the U.K. He came to Buffalo in 1967 and completed a two-year fellowship in medical genetics at the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. He joined the UB faculty as a research assistant professor of medicine in 1969.
Edwards received a National Institutes of Health Research Career Development Award and was a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigators, the American Foundation for Clinical Research and the New York Academy of Sciences.
He was medical director of the Episcopal Church Home Long Term Care Facilities and Adult Day Program, and was a member of the Episcopal Church Homes board. He also was President of the Amherst Senior Center Advisory Board.
A private memorial service will be held in Wales.