151; -- Charles Richard Drew's pioneering work in the preservation of blood plasma saved the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians in World War II. While Drew was a medical student at ...

Discovered method for long-term storage of blood plasma Organized America's first large-scale blood bank Dr. Charles Richard Drew broke barriers in a racially divided America to become one of the most ...

Alexander Miles, Charles Richard Drew, Marie Van Brittan Brown, Shirley Ann Jackson, and Mark E. Dean are just a few notable African-American inventors. We live in a world with blood banks ...

Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, and his accomplishments in his unceasing opposition to racism, should be even better known than they already are. Charles Richard Drew was ...