Margaret Elizabeth Grigsby
Personal Information
Born: 1923
Died: 2009
Country of Birth: USA
Nationality: USA
Ethnicity: Black
Education
Prairie View College BA 1943; University of Michigan MD 1947; diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Professional Life
Field of Study: Physician
Institution/Corporation: Howard University Hospital
Degrees & Memberships: Member: Fellow American College of Physicians; National Board of Medical Examiners, American Board of Internal Medicine Rockefeller Foundation Fellow Harvard University (1951-52); Research Fellow Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital (1951-52); China Medical Board Fellow Tropical Medicine University of Puerto Rico (1956); Commonwealth Fund Fellow University of London (1962-63)
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 1967, Distinguished Professor of Medicine in West Africa; 1972, Presidential Citation; 1987, Surgeon General s Certificate of Appreciation;1987, Leonard F. Sain Esteemed Alumni Award
Achievements: 1st African-American Fellow of the American College of Physicians & to preside over a major medical division at Howard University Hospital; oversaw the smallpox innoculation of millions of people in Africa during a 2 year period
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