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The biography of Dr. Charles R. Drew - African American inventor, surgeon, medical researcher, athlete, and professor.https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFdKnj...
A native of Washington, D.C., Charles Richard Drew (1904–1950) was a gifted young athlete who earned a bachelor’s degree at Amherst College in Massachusetts, where he was 1 of only 13 African Americans in a student population of 600.
- was an American surgeon and medical researcher- researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage- developed ...
Charles Drew is known as the father of the blood bank.
Drew made history by becoming the first Black student to earn a doctorate from Columbia University. As World War II got bloody in Europe, Drew began collecting and storing blood plasma to help heal and treat the soldiers overseas.
Explore Chemistry. African Americans in the Chemical Sciences. Charles Richard Drew. “Father of the Blood Bank” June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950. Renowned surgeon and pioneer in the preservation of life-saving blood plasma. Major scientific achievements: Discovered method for long-term storage of blood plasma.
2 kwi 2014 · Charles Drew was an African American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S.
