Jones while at Johns Hopkins and they had three children. Later life In 1969, Seegar Jones began to identify and examine what is now known as ovarian resistance syndrome. She demonstrated that stimulation of menopausal gonadotropin leads to the increase in number of eggs that are available and viable for vitro fertilization. In 1978, the same year that UK scientists were successful with in vitro fertilization, the Joneses took an opportunity from EVMS and moved to Norfolk, Virginia to create an IVF program in the United States. This was after the birth of the first test tube baby in the world, Louise Joy Brown, on July 25, 1978, in England. The Joneses created their own IVF program at EVMS. On December 28, 1981, their procedure gave birth to Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test tube baby. Jones died on March 26, 2005, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Awards Dr. Seegar Jones was awarded the Distinguished Service Award Medal from the Cosmopolitan Club of Norfolk in 1988 for the advancements she made to in vitro fertilization. She is also a recipient of the Dean's Outstanding Faculty Award from Eastern Virginia Medical School, 1996; and in 1997, the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University, also for her contributions to reproductive endocrinology and success she made with IVF. Five years prior to her passing, 2000, she received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Gynecologic Investigation. She was one of the first in her field to train medical students, residents and fellows for several schools. Her dedication to bettering the physician generations below her paved the way of academic medicine. One of the many reason why Dr. Seegar Jones is so distinguished and honored in her field. She was named the first woman President of the American Fertility Society in 1970. One of the reasons she was honored with this title is because her work with fertility prompted women to control their future. References External links National Library of Medicine Biography - Georgeanna Seegar Jones Washington Post Obituary for Georgeanna Seegar Jones The Howard W. Jones, Jr. and Georgeanna Seegar Jones Collection American Gynecological and Obstetrical Society - Georgeanna Seegar Jones, M.D. The Embryo Project - Arizona State University 1912 births 2005 deaths In vitro fertilisation Goucher College alumni American endocrinologists American gynecologists Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni Physicians from Baltimore Women gynaecologists Women endocrinologists Eastern Virginia Medical School faculty 20th-century American physicians