USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -NIHF Inductee Charles Drew, Inventor of Blood Plasma.

Detailed explanation-2: -Charles Richard Drew, the African American surgeon and researcher who organized America’s first large-scale blood bank and trained a generation of black physicians at Howard University, was born in Washington, DC, on June 3, 1904.

Detailed explanation-3: -Following his success managing “Blood for Britain, ” Drew was made medical director of a pilot project to develop the first blood bank for military personnel under the American Red Cross in February 1941.

Detailed explanation-4: -At a time when millions of soldiers were dying on battlefields across Europe, the invention of Dr. Charles R. Drew saved countless lives. Drew realized that separating and freezing the component parts of blood would enable it to be safely reconstituted later.