Dr. Harold Amos

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Dr. Harold Amos (September 7, 1918 – February 26, 2003) was a microbiologist and molecular biologist who would become the first African-American chair of a department at the Harvard Medical School. His interest in science as a youth was, in part, inspired by Louis Pasteur. He obtained a full ride scholarship and completed his BS […]

Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes

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Dr. Euphemia Lofton Haynes (September 11, 1890- July 25, 1980) was a mathematician, educator, and the first African-American woman to earn a PhD in Mathematics. Born and raised in Washington D.C, Haynes grew up in a well-educated and affluent family as the daughter of a dentist and schoolteacher. She obtained a BA (1914) in Mathematics […]

Dr. Edward Alexander Bouchet

Dr.Edward Alexander Bouchet was an African-American mathematician and physicist who was the first African-American to graduate with a PhD in the United States.