"William Warrick Cardozo"(April 4,1905-August 11,1962)

From Washington D.C. he attended the public schools in his

hometown.His daddy was Frederick Lewis Cardozo and his mama was Blanche Warrick.William attended Hampton Institute and went to Ohio State University where he received his AB in 1929 and MD in 1933.He was an intern at City Hospital and took a two-year fellowship at Children's Hospital and Provident Hospital in Chicago.He is best remembered for pioneering investigations into sickle cell anemia.William ground breaking paper,"immunologic Studies of Sickle cell anemia,"appeared in the Achieves of internal medicine,October 1937.That same year he left the Midwest to begin a private practice and join Freedmen's Hospital and the Howard University College of Medicine.William worked for 26 years as a medical school inspector for the district of Columbia Board of Health.He would later be promoted to clinical assistant professor of pediatrics.In addition to his work on sickle cell anemia,William studied and published research in children's gastrointestinal disorders,Hodgkin's disease,and the early growth and development of African American children.He also served for twenty-four years as a medical inspector for the District of Columbia Board of Health.William passed away suddenly in Washington DC after suffering a massive heart attack.