University of Hawaii honors scientist Alice Ball
A remembrance ceremony for Alice Augusta Ball was held at the University of Hawaii on Wednesday. Ball was the first African American and first woman to graduate from UH with a master’s degree in chemistry in 1915. As a 23-year-old scientist, Ball discovered the first effective treatment for Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) using an injectable oil from the Chaulmoogra tree.
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