Charles Drew

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Drew, Charles Richard, 1904-50, African-American physician, b. Washington, D.C. A surgeon and a professor at Howard Univ. (1935-36; 1942-50), he developed a means of preserving blood plasma for transfusion. During World War II he headed (1940-41) the program that sent blood to Great Britain and was (1941-42) the director of the first American Red Cross Blood Bank.

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