STEM – Physicians

Charles H. Wright (1918-2002)
Charles Howard Wright was a Detroit physician and founder of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. He...
February 8th, 2023

Sir Kennedy Simmonds (1936- )
Sir Kennedy Alphonse Simmonds is a St Kitts and Nevis politician who served as the first Prime Minister of St...
May 15th, 2022

Francois M. Abboud (1931- )
Dr. Francois M. Abboud has a number of titles. He is Professor of Internal Medicine and of Molecular Physiology and...
April 13th, 2022

Matshidiso Moeti (1954- )
Matshidiso Rebecca Natalie Moeti is a medical doctor, public health specialist, and medical administrator from Botswana who has served as...
April 6th, 2022

Milton Augustus Margai (1895-1964)
Milton Augustus Margai was the first prime minister of independent Sierra Leone. Margai was born on December 7, 1895, in...
March 27th, 2022

Mamphela Ramphele (1947- )
Mamphela Ramphele is a South African political leader and physician known for her anti-apartheid activism. Ramphele was born on December...
February 10th, 2022

Adele Darlene Allen (1953- )
Physician, concert pianist, and conductor, Adele Darlene Allen was born March 19, 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, to Oscar Clement...
December 31st, 2021

Hamilton Earl Holmes (1941-1995)
Hamilton Earl Holmes was the lesser-known of the Black duo who desegregated the University of Georgia in 1961. He was...
December 9th, 2021

Genevieve Scott Neal-Perry (1955- )
Genevieve Scott Neal-Perry is the Robert A. Ross Distinguished Professor, chair of obstetrics and gynecology, and reproductive endocrinologist at the...
September 22nd, 2021