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Charles Drew

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/BHM/drew.shtml
"Used under fair use guidelines for class project"

Interesting Tidbits
  • Born on June 3, 1904 in Washington D.C.
  • Parents' names: Richard and Nora Drew
  • Black athlete, Teacher, Doctor
  • Attended Amherst : All American football player
  • 1926: Morgan College: Athletic Director, biology teacher
  • Attended Medical School at McGill University
  • Received Doctorate: Columbia University
  • Died April 1, 1950: car accident
  • Accident occurred while Drew was on his way to a medical conference.

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Drew To The Rescue
  • Interested in the storage of blood
  • Researched the storing blood as plasma method.
  • Following this, served as head of The New York City Blood Transfusion Association.
  • World War 11 1941 : in charge of blood bank and collecting blood for U.S. soldiers
  • 1942, Chief Surgeon at Freedmans' Hospital
  • 1942, Head of Howard University's surgery department
  • 1944, Chief of Staff Freedmans' University, Medical Director until 1948.

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    Take a look at these links...

    The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences...

    Who is Dr. Charles R. Drew?...

    Surgeon and blood researcher...

    Drew never gave up and always kept going...

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    Ironically

    On April 1, 1950 Charles Drew lost his life. The ironic aspect to this story is why Drew did not survive the accident that took his life that day. Seriously injured, Drew was losing blood fast. Solely because he was an African American the medical staff helping out did not give Drew adequate attention. By obtaining stored blood from a bank, using the very method that Drew brought about, Drew may have survived that day.

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    "The storage of blood in plasma form has saved untold lives since Drew brought the process forward in the thirties, and he created the model for blood and plasma storage that is used by the Red Cross even today. His importance to modern medicine cannot be overstated" (http://www.phillyburbs.com/BHM/drew.shtml)

    ~Bibliography~

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    Lichello, Robert. Pioneer in Blood Plasmas New York: Julian Messner, 1968.

    Unbound: The Triumph of American Americans Charles Drew Online.
          Prodigy. May 8, 2002. (http://phillyburbs.com/BHM/drew.shtml)

    Created by L.S. : sophomore, Lansing Catholic Central High School