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By George Campbell Jr.
In 1876, Edward Bouchet received a PhD in physics from Yale University. Just two years earlier, he had graduated
Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, also from Yale, with a bachelor’s degree in physics. His remarkable academic success and substantial early contributions to research as a graduate student suggested a promising future in physics. Except for one thing. Edward Bouchet was Black. Bouchet’s doctorate was, in fact, the first-ever PhD awarded to an African American by an American university in any field. Initially intent on a research career after graduation, Bouchet could find a job only at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia. At the pinnacle of his career, his last job, he served as principal of a high school in Ohio [1].
By Tom Doran
December 16, 2020 at 10:10 pm CST
ST. LOUIS â The seed to promote regional expansion of biotechnology-related research and businesses for the âGateway Cityâ and bi-state area was first planted 25 years ago and has since turned into a bumper crop that has reached the farm.
The St. Louis BioBelt Plant and Life Science Strategy promoted economic and scientific development in the greater metropolitan area and beyond through the research and development business opportunities in the sciences.
Existing companies such as then-Monsanto, Sigma Aldrich and Bunge were there at the beginning, as were the Nidus Center for Scientific Enterprise, Center for Emerging Technologies and Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, among others.