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Alice Ball. Alice Augusta Ball (July 24, 1892 – December 31, 1916) was an American chemist who developed the "Ball Method" for making ethyl ester derivatives of chaulmoogra oil, which were used as a treatment for leprosy during the early 20th century. [1] She was the first woman and first African American to receive a master's degree from the ...
Given by injection the drug caused fever and other local reactions. The first successful leprosy treatment was developed in 1916 by African-American Chemist Alice Ball, who came up with the pioneering injectable oil treatment at the University of Hawaii. Tragically, Ball died in a lab accident shortly after inventing the treatment.
Alice Ball (granddaughter) James Presley Ball Sr. (c. 1825 – May 4, 1904) was an African-American photographer, abolitionist, and businessman. [1] [2] Biography
The show's cast in 1955 as it premiered on CBS: Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney and Joyce Randolph The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom that originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show.
Erica Baker. software engineer. 2006-. Engineer and engineering manager in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for her outspoken support of diversity and inclusion. Alice Augusta Ball. chemistry. 1892-1916. First woman and African-American to receive a master's degree from the University of Hawaii.
Before this book was written, Warren Buffett rejected numerous approaches by biographers, journalists, and publishers to cooperate on an account of his life. [2] After spending six years as the only Wall Street analyst Buffett would speak to, Alice Schroeder was approached by Buffett to write his biography.
The follow-up album, Charity Ball, was released the following year and its title track reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. [15] The members of Fanny also worked as session musicians, and played on Barbra Streisand's 1971 album Barbra Joan Streisand, [9] [16] [17] because Streisand had wanted to record with a small band. [3]
Alice Roosevelt Longworth. Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life.