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Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions , developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II .
Charles Drew (surgeon) (1916–1987), cardiothoracic surgeon; Charles S. Drew (1825–1886), representative in the legislature of the Oregon Territory of the United States; USNS Charles Drew, a 2010 Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy; Charles John Drew (c. 1690–1740), English lawyer murdered in Suffolk by his ...
The Charles Richard Drew House is a historic house at 2505 1st Street in Arlington, Virginia.A vernacular early 20th-century dwelling, it is of national significance as the home from 1920 to 1939 of Charles Richard Drew (1904–50), an African-American physician whose leadership on stockpiling of blood plasma saved lives during World War II.
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is a private university in Willowbrook, California, focused on health sciences. It was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical access within the Watts region of Los Angeles, California. [2] The university is named in honor of Charles R. Drew.
Charles Edwin Drew (15 December 1916 – 31 May 1987) was a British cardiothoracic surgeon best known for assisting Sir Clement Price Thomas in King George VI's pneumonectomy in 1951. He went on to conduct pioneering research on profound hypothermia in cardiac surgery and what came to be known as the 'Drew technique'.
Charlene Drew Jarvis (born July 31, 1941, in Washington, D.C. [3] as Charlene Rosella Drew) is an American educator and former scientific researcher and politician who served as the president of Southeastern University until March 31, 2009. [4] Jarvis is the daughter of the blood plasma and blood transfusion pioneer Charles Drew. [5]
USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE-10) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy, named in honor of Dr. Charles R. Drew (1904–1950), who developed improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II, saving thousands of Allied lives.
The Drew Memorial Bridge was built in 1980–1981. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It replaced the Michigan Ave Bridge over the B&O Railroad built in 1937-38 and opened on August 29, 1938. [ 4 ] That bridge was 1161' long and 40' wide and was the first bridge at that location.