LibGuides: PHSC Celebrates its 50th Anniversary and Black History Month: Blood Donation

Charles Drew in lab in front of a microscope

Charles Drew in lab in front of a microscope.
Photo by The Scurlock Studios, ca. 1940-1941. From The Charles R. Drew Papers Collection at National Library of Medicine, courtesy of the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University, https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584649X67

Blood Donation

Charles R. Drew (1904-1950) was known as "Father of the Blood Bank." He pioneered the development of plasma storage, making blood donation possible.

Worked to improve the quality of education for Black physicians
Supervised the "Blood for Britain" drive in 1940, where US civilians donated blood for Allied war effort
First director of the American Red Cross Blood Bank
First African American examiner on the American Board of Surgery.

References

"Charles R. Drew." Columbia Celebrates Black History and Culture, https://blackhistory.news.columbia.edu/people/charles-r-drew. Accessed 2 Nov. 2022.

"Charles R. Drew." NIH National Library of Medicine: Profiles in Science, https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/spotlight/bg. Accessed 2 Nov. 2022.