Charles Drew
Charles Drew was an African-American surgeon who pioneered methods of storing blood plasma for transfusion and organized the first large-scale blood bank in the U.S.
Born on June 3, 1904, in Washington, D.C., Drew directed the blood plasma programs of the United States and Great Britain in World War II but resigned after a ruling that the blood of African Americans would be segregated. He died on April 1, 1950.
