American Microbiologist
Harold Amos (1918-2003) was an american microbiologist.
FAST FACTS:
- After serving in France in World War II, he graduated with his PhD from Harvard Medical School
- After graduating, he taught for multiple years, and eventually became the department chair for the medical school
- He was the first black man to become a chairman at Harvard
- He published over 70 different scientific papers. His research focused on bacterial metabolism and animal and bacterial virology.
- He’s given us a lot of the information about bacteria that we know today.
- He was an advisor for the Nixon administration
- He was one of the founding members of the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Program, which helped give people of color better opportunities to become faculty members at Harvard.
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