Charles Richard Drew, an American physician who developed improved techniques for blood storage, died in Burlington, North Carolina

On Apr. 1, 1950, Charles Richard Drew, an African American physician and medical researcher who developed improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge in developing large-scale blood banks in World War II, and the first black surgeon to serve as an examiner on the American Board of Surgery, died in Burlington, North Carolina.

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Source: Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
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