Sunday, January 31, 2021

Dr. Betty Wright Harris is an American chemist

 Dr. Betty Wright Harris: African American Chemist And Inventor Who Patented  Test To Detect Explosives

 Dr. Betty Wright Harris

July 29, 1940

 

Early life and education

Harris was born on 29 July 1940[3] in Ouachita Parish, Monroe, Louisiana. She and her 11 siblings were raised on a farm by Henry Hudson "Jake" and Legertha Evelyn Thompson Wright.[4] 

 

She attended Union Central High School, enrolling at Southern University at the age of 16. She received her B.S. in Chemistry with a minor in Mathematics at the age of 19 and subsequently attended Atlanta University, receiving her M.S. degree.[5][6] 

 

She taught as an assistant professor of chemistry and mathematics[7] at Mississippi Valley State University, Southern University and Colorado College.[2]

 

Harris was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of New Mexico in 1975, with a dissertation titled "Reactions of 2-aminopyridine with picryl halides".[8]

 

 

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