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Jewel Plummer Cobb

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     Cobb (1924-2017) was a cell biologist and cancer researcher whose work led to her discovery that methotrexate was effective in treating certain skin cancers, lung cancers, and childhood leukemia. Beyond her scientific achievements, she broke barriers in academia as one of the first African American women to earn a Ph.D. in cell physiology and served as a dean at Connecticut College and Douglass College before becoming president of California State University, Fullerton, making her one of the first African American women to lead a major U.S. university.

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California State University, John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, Special Collections and Archives, Jewell Plummer Cobb Collection, 1964-1995

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January 17, 1924, Chicago, Illinois
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January 1, 2017 (age 92), Maplewood, NJ
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Talladega College (B.A. Biology, 1944)

New York University (M.S. 1947, Ph.D, 1950)

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President of California State University, Fullerton; Instructor/Professor; researcher
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Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.

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*some sources say April 6, 1845

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