Gertrude Belle Canham Gertrude Belle Canham, born Jan 19, 1916, left this life to be with the Lord on Jan 12, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, John Canham. She is survived ...
The latest entrant in our American Female Inventor Series, Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999), invented the leukemia-fighting drug 6-mercaptopurine and drugs that facilitated kidney transplants. Elion ...
Gertrude Belle Elion (1918-1999) was born in New York City to Eastern European immigrant parents. She was a science prodigy who was admitted to Hunter College at age 15 and graduated summa cum laude ...