Call Number:

141

Repository:

Drexel University: College of Medicine Legacy Center

Extent:

0.2 linear feet (1 (half document box))

Language:

English

Date:

1936-1957 (inclusive)

Creator:

Pearce, Louise (b. 1886)

Abstract:

Louise Pearce, M.D. graduated from John Hopkins Medical School. As a medical scientist, she contributed invaluable research on tropical medicine for the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. The Institute sent Pearce to Africa to conduct the African sleeping sickness mission, for which she received Belgium's prestigious Order of the Crown award. In 1946, Pearce was inducted as the President of The Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania. This collection contains degrees, citations, and awards received by Pearce, as well as medical research reprints and a photograph.