My son had to do a biography on Dorothy Anderson. He said they drew names out of a hat to determine who they were going to do a report on. This was his 1st powerpoint he had to do in 5th grade.

1. My Biography report on
Dorothy Anderson
(1901 -1963)
By: Jacob Ryan Cabrera

2. Dorothy Anderson
1. Dorothy was born on May 15, 1901 in Asheville, N.C.
2. Dorothy was an only child. Her father died when
she was 13 and her mother died when she was 19.
3. She attended John Hopkins School of Medicine.
4. Dorothy became a Medical Researcher.
5. Dorothy died of lung cancer in NYC on March
3, 1963. She used to smoke a lot.

3. Timeline
1901 Dorothy Anderson was born.
1914 Her father died when she was 13 years old.
1920 Her mother died when she was 19 years old.
1922 She attended Mount Holyoke College.
1926 She then goes to John Hopkins University.
1940 Dorothy develops a test for cystic fibrosis.
1963 She died of lung cancer.
2002 National Women’s Hall of Fame.

4. Accomplishments
Dorothy Anderson was successful in developing tests
for cystic fibrosis. She received awards from:
*Mead Johnson Award
*Borden Award
* Elizabeth Blackwell Citation for Women in Medicine
•Outstanding Performance at Mount Holyoke College
• Distinguished service medal at the Columbia
Presbyterian Medical Center

5. Qualities
She was independent . She never gave up.
She was very smart. She studied hard.
She followed her She dedicated all her
dream. life to medicine.

6. Interesting Fact:
During World War II, Dorothy Anderson
showed other doctors how to do
open–heart surgery for the soldiers.

7. Bibliography
Citations
http://www.
answers.com/topic/dorothy-
anderson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D
orothy_Hansine_Andersen

8. By: Jacob Ryan
Cabrera
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•Play outside
•Chocolate
•Help my dad build stuff
•Play with my DS
•Legos