Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway

Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway
Born (1907-10-10)October 10, 1907
Tuskegee, Alabama, US
Died December 3, 1979(1979-12-03) (aged 72)
Alma mater Iowa State University
Scientific career
Fields
  • Chemistry
  • Medicine
Institutions
Doctoral advisor Henry Gilman

Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway (1907–1979) was an American chemist and physician. Calloway was the first African American to receive an academic doctorate from an institute west of the Mississippi and the first African American to receive a PhD from Iowa State University.[1][2]

Early Life

Calloway was born on October 10, 1907 in Tuskegee, Alabama.[3] He was one of five children born to his father James N, who was a former slave. His father graduated from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee when he was 30 years old. Additionally, he was an associate of Booker T. Washington. His father also served in Africa for the German government as an industrial colonizer.[4]

Education

Calloway's early education of elementary and high school was conducted in Tuskegee, Alabama.[4] He studied at Iowa State University and completed his B.S. in 1930 followed by his Ph.D in 1933. Calloway was the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry from Iowa State University.[1] Spending most of his time in the Department of Chemistry as a graduate student, Calloway studied synthetic organic chemistry. Calloway’s Ph.D. adviser was Henry Gilman, a well-known organic chemistry professor at Iowa State University, and advocate for African American chemistry majors.[5]

Career

Calloway was an organic chemist, physician, military officer, and educator. Immediately after getting his Ph. D., Calloway became head of the chemistry department at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.[6] Calloway was also a professor at the University of Illinois Medical School and wrote more than 30 scientific articles and publications in scientific journals.[7] He served as a medical director of Provident Hospital in Chicago until 1949, and then founded the Medical Associates Clinic of Chicago.[8] Later, Calloway became the chief of medical services for Veterans Administration Hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Calloway, Nathaniel Oglesby (1907-1979) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  2. 1 2 "Calloway, Nathaniel | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2018-09-04.
  3. ↑ Spangenburg, Ray; Moser, Diane; Long, Douglas (2014-05-14). African Americans in Science, Math, and Invention. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438107745.
  4. 1 2 Ottley, Roi (July 20, 1957). "DR. CALLOWAY BLAZES NEGRO MEDICAL TRAIL: Heads Group with $700,000 Facility". Chicago Daily Tribune.
  5. ↑ Collins, Sibrina (2006). "The Gilman Pipeline: A Historical Perspective of African American Ph.D. Chemists from Iowa State University" (PDF). Chemistry at Iowa State University : some historical accounts of the early years/ Journal Vol:: 131.
  6. ↑ Krapp, Kristine (1999). Notable Black American Scientists: Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway. Gale Research. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-7876-2789-5.
  7. ↑ Gordon, Jacob U. (2004). The Black Male in White America. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781590337578.
  8. ↑ Millet, Michelle S. (2007-06-19). "Encyclopedia of African‐American Culture and History: The Black Experience in the Americas (2nd Edition)". Reference Reviews. 21 (5): 51–52. doi:10.1108/09504120710755734. ISSN 0950-4125.
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