Emmett W. Chappelle
Emmett W. Chappelle (born October 24, 1925 in Phoenix - † October 14, 2019 ) was an American scientist . He deals with medicine , biology and nutritional sciences .
Childhood and youth
Chappelle was born in Phoenix , Arizona . Until he was 12 he lived on a small farm without electricity. In 1942, Chapelle joined the Army and was assigned to a special training program where he acquired engineering skills.
He returned in 1946 and began studying engineering at Phoenix College. He then studied biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his bachelor's degree in 1950. Four years later, he received his masters degree from the University of Washington. He also studied and worked at Stanford University in California.
Career
From 1950 to 1953 he taught at Meharry Medical College in Nashville , Tennessee . From 1953 to 1959 he worked at Stanford University. In 1958 he began to work for the Research Institute for Advanced Studies in Baltimore , which dealt among other things with space travel . There he discovered that plants such as algae , which are easy to transport, also produce oxygen . From 1963 he worked for Hazelton Laboratories, from 1966 as a chemist for NASA .
Awards
He received 14 US patents and an honor as one of the 100 most important African American scientists of the 20th century.
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- Brown, Mitchell. "Faces of Science: African-Americans in the Sciences."
- Emmett W. Chapelle at Infoplease
- Kessler, James H .; Kidd, JS and Renee; and Katherine Morin. Distinguished African-American Scientists of the 20th Century . Oryx Press: Phoenix, AZ. 1996.
- Profiles in Excellence: A Celebration of African-American Heritage , Issue 14, 2006. (PDF file; 19 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chappelle, Emmett W. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phoenix (Arizona) |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 2019 |