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Dr. Canady (1950) is a retired Pediatric Neurosurgeon, researcher, and professor. In 1981, she became the first Black woman neurosurgeon. She was the Chief of Neurosurgery at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan from 1987 until 2001.
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University of Michigan (B.S. Zoology, 1971)
University of Michigan School of Medicine (1975)
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Elizabeth Hortense (Golden) Candy
(fist Black woman elected to the Lansing Board of Education and national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc 1983-1988)
Dr. Clinton Canady, Jr. (Dentist, WWII veteran, graduate of Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry)
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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