Neva Abelson
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Neva Irene Martin Abelson (November 19, 1910 – September 26, 2000)[1] was a distinguished research physician who co-discovered the life-saving blood test for the Rh blood factor (with Louis K. Diamond).
The Philip and Neva Abelson Hall at Washington State University was named in her honor.[2]
Early career
Abelson graduated from Washington State University with a B.S. degree in chemistry.[3] She became one of the first women to graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a medical degree.[4] After medical school she became a pediatrician. She was the first pediatrician to ever be placed in charge of Johns Hopkins nurseries.[2]
Her research at the University of Pennsylvania, where she was a professor of clinical pathology, involved blood groups, blood diseases of infants, and the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.[5][6][7][8][9][10] She published a book, Topics in Blood Banking, in 1974. She received the Emily Cooley Memorial Award from the American Association of Blood Banks.[11]
In 1989, she received the Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award for her contributions to developing the test for the Rh blood factor.[2]
She and her husband are responsible for contributing the largest fellowship endowment in Washington State University's College of Sciences.[2]
Personal life
Abelson married Philip Abelson (1913–2004), a physicist, science writer and longtime editor of Science magazine.[12] Their daughter, Ellen Abelson Cherniavsky who is now retired, worked as an aviation researcher at The MITRE Corporation in Virginia.
References
- Washington State University Regents' Distinguished Alumnus Award to Neva Martin Abelson (No. 23)
- University of Pennsylvania Obituaries
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