Charles F. Whitten Papers 1938-2003

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Charles F. Whitten Papers 1938-2003

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Dr. Whitten's primary research centered on sickle cell anemia. He published several studies and worked to expand awareness and promote education about the disease. Dr. Whitten was instrumental in the foundation, in 1971, of the National Association for Sickle Cell Disease as well as the opening of the Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center at Wayne State University. Predominantly research articles by Dr. Whitten and some biographical information.

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Whitten, Charles F.

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Pediatrician and sickle cell anemia expert Dr. Charles Francis Whitten was born on February 2, 1922 in Wilmington, Delaware to school teachers Emma Clorinda Carr Whitten and Tobias Emmanuel Whitten. He grew up on Wilmington's East Side next door to future jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. Whitten attended Number 5 Elementary School and graduated fourth in his class from Howard High School in 1940. In 1942, he earned his B.S. degree in zoology from the University of Pennsylvania. Whitten then studie...

Wayne State University. College of Medicine

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