Helene Thomas Bennett

Helene Thomas Bennett
Awards Arizona Women's Hall of Fame Edit this on Wikidata

Helene Thomas Bennett (1901–1988) 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

  1. 1 2 Knaub, Mara. "Yuman inducted into Arizona Women's Hall of Fame". Yuma Sun. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bennett, Helene Thomas". Health Sciences Library. University of Arizona. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 "Helene Thomas Bennett (1901-1988)". Arizona Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 10 June 2016.


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