Pierce, John A. (John Albert), 1925-

Pulmonologist, born 1925. Pierce received his medical degree from the University of Arkansas School of Medicine in 1948. Pierce joined the faculty of the Washington University School of Medicine in 1967 as associate professor of medicine and chief of the pulmonary division of the John Cochran Veterans Hospital, after having served on the faculty of the University of Arkansas Medical Center. Pierce became the head of the pulmonary division of the Department of Medicine in 1967 and was named professor of medicine in 1972.