Frederick Douglass AcademyElias Santiago Period 7 February 17, 2003 Math assignment Dr. Charles R. Drew Charles Drew was born in Washington D.C on June 3, 1904. Charles graduated from Paul Laurence Dunbar Highschool. Then he became a star athlete in college and won many athletic honors and was the all-American halfback and captain of his Amherst College football team. After graduating college he spent two years as a biology and chemistry instructor and director of athletics at Morgan State …showed first 75 words of 492 total…

…showed last 75 words of 492 total…staff treated Drew as best they could, but he died less than three hours after the accident. Charles Drew will always be known as an African American surgeon, a pioneer in the development of blood banks. He showed that blood plasma lasts longer than the whole blood and helped established blood banks to serve the allies in Europe during World War II. He achieved his goals and made very good contributions to humanity and society.