TRIVIA TIME

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TRIVIA TIME

• What was the first sport Charles Competed in?

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Answer

• Swimming!

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Part 1 Birth to College

• Born June 3 1904 in Washington DC
• Received strong moral development from parents,
  Richard and Nora.
• Excelled at many sports
• At first his grades were not better than
  average, however by 1922 he graduated with high
  honors from Dunbar High School.

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TRIVIA TIME

• Who was Charles's mentor/friend while he was in
  medical school??

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Answer

• Dr. John Beattie

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Part 2 College to Research years

• Attended Amherst College in Massachusetts.
• Still excelled in sports.
• Took an advanced interest in Chemistry and
  Biology.
• Struggled with racial prejudices by maintaining
  focused on his goals and values.
• Graduated from Amherst in 1926

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Part 2 continued

• Worked at Morgan State University as an athletic
  coach and a professor of Chemistry and Biology.
• Soon after, Drew decided to go to Medical School
  at McGill University in Canada.
• At McGill, Drew met Dr John Beattie who was one
  of his mentors and friends.
• Beattie introduced Drew to blood research and the
  quest for a blood storage solution.
• In 1930 Beattie and Drew began their research on
  blood storage.

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TRIVIA TIME

• What was the war relief effort that Dr. Drew lead
  for England called?

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Answer

• Blood For Britain

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Part 3 Research until Death

• In 1934 after 4 years in Canada, Dr Drew returned
  to Washington D.C and took a position at Howard
  University.
• In 1938 Dr. Drew was given a 2 year fellowship at
  Colombia University to continue his research.
• His Doctoral studies focused on the problem of
  blood storage.

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• In 1939 Dr. Drew had invented a way to preserve
  blood plasma, by dehydrating it.
• While WWII raged on in Europe, Dr. Drew was made
  the 1st director of the American Red Cross Blood
  Bank.
• Dr. Drew also directed the Blood for Britain
  program which saved thousands of lives in WWII.

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• In 1943 Dr. Drew was the 1st Black Surgeon in the
  American Board of Surgeons.
• He also received recognition from the NAACP.
• On March 31 1950 Dr. Drew died in a car accident
  while on his way to a medical conference in
  Alabama.
• He was married to a woman named Lenore and they
  had 4 children.