“Elsie’s death seemed to have affected him a great deal,” said Charles Drew’s daughter Charlene Drew Jarvis. ADInstead of becoming an electrical engineer — or a coach or professional athlete — Charles R. Drew became one of America’s most celebrated doctors, lauded for his research into blood and his pioneering work establishing blood banks. ADAfter Amherst, Charles Drew went to McGill University in Montreal to study medicine. “One of the things I’m really proud about is that throughout the country, there are schools named for Dr. Drew,” Jarvis said. “There are elementary schools, middle schools, high schools.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2020 21:55 UTC