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Drew: Unraveling the mystery 4 Continued from page A1 can magazine, and totally false ever having been admitted to that since Drew did indeed receive hospital," Mai loy recalled, treatment at the hospital. In fact, he "But that is understandable. T It iMrt nn*? hlnnH tran^fii- When thc'y found out who they had Who ii?s Charles Drew? 1>??b taken from < October ls?90 immtot rk# l-\ Atom* Canto* fftrffritf /wi I Ml ndim book " ||t ^bw D.C., (be eldest of five children. . 104 ???tei; Nora, was a grain- \ ate of Howard University and &ther, Richard, was fee ^ W? fmancfel secretary of tbetocal Soft UleUyei's Umcn as well *$ the organizatian^oi^Mi^i^ member. Charles attended Dunhar an academically elite pubic scuuoi fu. A r. ;. H?_ AmerieanS,andw?anou^d elected "best athlete" and "roost I?piil?r?tt<l^-Ser?ra3 # ?n? in 1922, Drew attended Amherst College in Mas- ~ ?jjr : sachusetts on an athletic scholar ship. .. , He later entered McCMU M ^versity in Montreal, after " being denied admission to Schoot becauseof tbe lack of two hours oHMIeg?cmdtt ki ^^.Hogrednatedfrorn McGiflasoneofthetopCve membersof his class in 1933, Master of Surgery. After completing a two-year residency in Canada. Drew then "oAcd as an instructor of Pathology at Howard University. Mttr, he received a tuo^ear felfi lowship to Columbia University, I f . wh^hetwgoagi^to*^ ; with Dr. John Scudder, who was , ^studying bk)od>hysioiogyand ^a^preser^gbtoo^? I :?np^#iaten^ woe soon '? ij , TCC08Ria?d aynd he wag appoint ^wtoeiSi^alre^rSd S ??? leaetwng responsibilities. While there, hf also began to sssatt&fc bioodl?3iiid ? be dried and stored for long , ?periods of time without deterio /rattng. From his discovery, be m realized that blood plasma could serve as the basis of % ; emergency blood supplies. In 1940, he became tbe fust African-American man in the !&?; > $ SterUtofTwtlv* cans, by Jim mmm "United Slates torcceive a doctor of science degree ? the degree grdC Doctor of Science In T~ |Me^fh>? Columbia. W? 7 | recognition of his doctoral dfe Sertiion, "Banked Blood." ' fa 1939. be married Lenore an iwttactw of boia^; * economies at Spe&nanCdleg* in Atlanta, and they ftad three : : children. Soon after, be became the medical supervisor of the Stood for Britain Program which |#w started by the Blood Trans fusion Betterment Association. It was the Association, in conjunc don with the Red Cross, which bad the responsibility of provid ing plasma far Britain's casual ties in Wbrid W? EL It was dur ing this time that Drew utilized his medical skills and technical e*peftae in seain^ aptfiecoilec ftfan, processing and storage pro Cftdures of Mood atappUes, which are stilt in jpe today. He was iocn made ^factor of the Amer ?a Red Cross blood bank in fffe| ;Vb|^l|Bdas?^tdirbctor of blood procurement for the ^National Research Cbuncil. However, because of the fact that the U.S. Army. Navy, and Red Cross set op segregated Mood banks so that white aol diers in the war would not receive Mood from black donors. Drew resigned from his position with the Red Crass. He then relumed to Howard University where he eatehiitw a surgical training program. He also received numerous honors for his customary style ? his e*am for certification by the American Board of Surgery in lilitljMloJ&appointmenias an examiner fi* that institution, ??i 1* was promoted to full pro |#asorStop at Howard. 8e later becamjjchief sur goon, tfi&T medico dkei^tdFrccdm^'^;: I Hospital. He was also appointed to the American ^ovte* COra HMBoc *n Science, chairman of && Surgical Section of the tWtooijht IntebadOTial Col <tf Surgeons, and consultant to the Untied States Surgeon Ge?er& to 1950, at the time of :|Djpcw*3 death, two- thirds of the African-American surgeons in practice in the tJnitcd States, who were certified by the Amer ican Board of Surgery had been trained at Howard University. - sion. There was a black magazine published out of Charleston, SC. It was the forerunner of Ebony. And the reporter, someway, must have been in this area, because in the very next issue, the following week, they had it in there that he was refused admission. And it is true that there is no record of him there ? the most prominent black doctor in the country ? these peo ple became quite excited. They went helter skelter trying to do something for this great man. So they made a note on the emergency room card of his name. Now the usual procedure is that when they admit the person, the emergency room card goes to the business &UOX ?)jS Cosmetology Univer 900 E Mountain St Kernersville NC 27284 (919) 996-2030 Services Offered Manicures Pedicures Facials Sculptured Nails Hair Coloring Perms Curls Cut & Styling Relaxers 1S3E? ? Service available Monday - Friday 9:45AM - 3:45PM 10% Senior Citizen Discount All work performed by supervised students. * Bring A Friend! One service at full price, the second at half-price! (919) 996-2030 expires 2/28/92 Appointments Not Always Necessary i office, and it becomes permanent record. Since he died in the emer gency room, his card never got to th^ rernrti* cr> thprp nn record of his ever being admitted," Malloy continued. He also stated that the rumor could not have been true since one of the three men in the car with Drew ? all of whom were African-American ? was treated at the same hospital for a broken arm. However, because of sensa tionalism on the media's part, Mal loy said the myth was allowed to continue, and no one bothered to change it. During the program, Malloy, who was called to the hospital immediately following Drew's accident, also offered his explana tion as to the cause of the tragedy. "When I got to the Burlington area, I went under a bridge on Highway 49, and as 1 came out from under that bridge, the sun was coming out. And it was the most gorgeous, the most magnificent site I have ever seen.lt was just an awe- striking scene," recalled Mai Joy. "And Dr. Drew, being a man of great sensitivity, who had an appre ciation for beautiful things in life, coming down that road looked over at this sunrise and momentarily, he was entranced by what he saw, and lost control. That's my explanation for what happened." According to Jim Haskins in the book One More River to Cross : The Stories of Twelve Black Americans , the accident occurred when Drew and three other doctors v^ere returning to Washington, D.C. from a meeting at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Apparently, Drew and his compan ions did not leave Alabama until two o'clock in the morning, and while in Burlington, North Carolu na. Drew, who was driving, fell asleep and lost control of the car. As a result, the car overturned leaving Drew with fatal injuries, and his companions only slightly injured. Malloy had trained under Drew while a student at Howard University in Washington7DX. during Drew's tenure there. He said of working with Drew, "He was a man that had compassion for the people under him. He was like a father." ? He added that Drew was also a perfectionist in the training of his students. "Let's say I'm assigned to do an operation at 8 o'clock in the morning, "explained Malloy. "If he came and I wasn't standing there 8 o'clock in the morning with a scalpel in my hand, I didn't get to Ho Ih* operation He insisted on punctuality." Malloy returned to Winston Salem and worked as a general sur geon, chief of surgery, and presi dent of the staff during various time periods at Kate Bitting Hospi tal. Kate Bitting Hospital was also the facility in which Malloy and Prew worked together in 1941 in the surgical training of 30 other African- American doctors. Malloy also worked as an attending surgeon at Forsyth Memorial Hospital and Forsyth Medical Park, and as the clinical assistant professor of surgery at Bowman Gray School of Medicine before retiring from medicine in 1981. In celebration of African American History watch WFMY TV as we salute our "Leaders for the Future" The Winston-Salem/Forsyth Middle Schools essay contest winner . Beginning in February ?4 Mechanics & Farmers Bank Believes That Leaders for the Future Prepare Today.
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