MEDICAL HISTORY
USPOSTAGE STAMP
ISSUED IN HONOR OF
CHARLES R.
DREW, MD, MDSc
Asa G.
Yancey, Sr, MD, FACS
Atlanta, Georgia
It is indeed an humbling pleasure to be present
here today at this presentation of a replica of the
United States Postage Stamp,...
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MEDICAL HISTORY
USPOSTAGE STAMP
ISSUED IN HONOR OF
CHARLES R.
DREW, MD, MDSc
Asa G.
Yancey, Sr, MD, FACS
Atlanta, Georgia
It is indeed an humbling pleasure to be present
here today at this presentation of a replica of the
United States Postage Stamp, Great American
Series, 1981, in honor of Charles R.
Drew, MD,
MDSc.
Yesterday, June 3, 1981, Dr.
Drew s birthdate, a similar service was held in Washington, DC.
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
The definition of "stamp" that parallels the
personality of Charles R.
Drew is: "To impress or
imprint with some mark, design, or the like; to fix
deeply or indelibly.
" Dr.
Drew, a truly great
American, irrespective of ethnic origin, profoundly and permanently affected all about him as
he was ever striving to uplift his people in athletics; basic education; scholarship; undergraduate
and graduate medical education; research in
blood, blood products, and fluid balance; and civil
rights progress for Negro surgeons in the major
cities and hospitals of our
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