Jewel Plummer Cobb

Born: 1924

Died: 2017

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Talladega College, BA Biology, 1944; New York University, MS 1947, PhD 1950, Cell Physiology

Field of Study: Biology;cancer researcher; educator

Institution/Corporation: University of Illinois;New York University;Sarah Lawrence College;Connecticut College;Douglass College;California State University-Fullerton;Marine Biological Laboratory

Degrees & Memberships: 21 honorary degrees including: Medical College of Pennsylvania; Norther University; Rensselear Polytechnic Institute; Rutgers University; Tuskegee University, Wesleyan University; Member: & Director of American Council on Education (1973-1976), National Science Board (1974-1980), Emeritus member of Marine Biological Society (2007), Institute of Medicine in the National Academy of Sciences (1974), American Association for the Advancement of Science, Human Resource Commission, Sigma Xi, NSF, Allied Corp Board of Directors, Tissue Culture Association of the Education Committee, Board of Trustees for the Institute of Education Management

Awards: Achievement in Excellence Award from the Center for Excellence in Education,1999; 2008, Connecticut Hall of Fame; 1982, Candace Award, National Coalition of 100 Black Women;2001, Reginald Wilson Award; 1993, Lifetime Achievement Award, National Academy of Sciences; The Douglass Medal; NJ Association for Biomedical Research Legends Award

Achievements: 1st Black woman appointed to the National Science Board; helped form NSF s Committee on Women & Minorities in Science; discovered how skin cells produce melanin & how they become cancerous; 1st Black dean of Connecticut College; discovered methotrexate was effective in treating skin & lung cancer & childhood leukemia;1st to become president of a major west coast college (California State University-Fullerton)