Intellectual Exemplars

Charles Drew was a physician, ground breaker, and professor at Howard university. As a youth he was a very talented athlete. Early on in his 20s he had lots of success as an athletic director. He is most famous for his work with blood transfusions and his creations of huge blood banks that save thousands of lives during WW2. At Howard Drew is something of a legend. The freshmen male dormitory is names after him and he is considered the ideal of man. Drew worked at Howard as a Professor and a doctor. Even his death involved his ever present need to help. He fell asleep at the wheel of a car as he drove three of his students to a conference in Alabama. During his years at Howard Charles Drew helped build the medicine department at Howard. He received several awards during his tenure and influenced a number of young lives. Today his legacy can be seen by the several schools named after him most noteworthy the Charles Drew school of medicine in California.