Gladys W. Royal | |
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 Dr. Gladys Royal (left), Dr. W. E. Reed (left center), R. L. Satoera (right center) and Dr. George Royal (right), with x-ray equipment, North Carolina A&T College, 1961 | |
| Born | August 29, 1926 |
| Died | November 9, 2002 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | biochemist |
Gladys W. Royal (August 29, 1926 – November 9, 2002) is one of a small number of early African-American biochemists.[1] Part of one of the few African-American husband-and-wife teams in science, Gladys worked with George C. Royal on research supported by the United States Atomic Energy Commission. She later worked for many years as principal biochemist at the Cooperative State Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Royal was also active in the civil rights movement in Greensboro, North Carolina.
- ^ Johnson-Thompson, Marian C.; Jay, James M. (1997). "Ethnic Diversity in ASM: the early history of African-American microbiologists" (PDF). ASM News. 63 (2): 77–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.