Category Archives: Biochemistry

Gertrude Elion

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Rachel Levy

Thanks to Margery Nelson, who suggested Nobel Laureate Gertrude Elion.  The picture above and a terrific autobiography can be found on the nobelprize.org site.

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Jeanne Drost Burwell Koger

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Christine Joyner shared this information about her Mom, who “never stopped learning and was starting to learn Chinese to go teach English in China when diagnosed with cancer.” The daughter of the late Dr. John Cole and Jeannette Drost Burwell, … Continue reading →

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Hannah Green Sutton

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Rachel Levy

Linda Green, a mathematician, shared this post from her mother, Hannah Green Sutton: I graduated from Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in 1957 with a BS in chemistry. My father, who had a PhD in chemistry, encouraged … Continue reading →

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