Helene Thomas Bennett
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Helene Thomas Bennett (5 July 1901–27 April 1988) was a bacteriologist and businesswoman who worked in Arizona.[1] She opened the Yuma Clinical Laboratory in 1926, in Yuma, Arizona, which became the second largest lab of its type in Arizona.[2] She was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 2011.[1]
Life
Helene was born July 5, 1901, near Raton, New Mexico and was the eldest of three children.[3] When her father John was killed in a railroad accident, her family moved to Kansas and later Jasper, Missouri.[3] She received a degree in chemistry from the University of Kansas in 1922, followed by a master's degree in bacteriology.[3]
References
- ^ a b Knaub, Mara. "Yuman inducted into Arizona Women's Hall of Fame". Yuma Sun. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ "Bennett, Helene Thomas". Health Sciences Library. University of Arizona. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ a b c "Helene Thomas Bennett (1901-1988)". Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
Categories:
- 1901 births
- 1988 deaths
- American women physicians
- American health care businesspeople
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- 20th-century American businesswomen
- Businesspeople from Arizona
- Businesspeople from Kansas
- Businesspeople from New Mexico
- University of Kansas alumni
- People from Raton, New Mexico
- American business biography, 1900s birth stubs