| LC control no. | n 89621045 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Free, Helen M. |
| Variant(s) | Murray, Helen Mae, 1923-2021 |
| Birth date | 1923-02-20 |
| Death date | 2021-05-04 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Elkhart (Ind.) |
| Field of activity | Chemistry Health services administration |
| Affiliation | Miles Laboratories College of Wooster Central Michigan University Bayer AG |
| Profession or occupation | Chemists Marketing executives |
| Found in | nuc88-46314: Free, A.H. Urodynamics, c1976 (hdg. on NvU rept.: Free, Helen M.; usage: Helen M. Free) LC data base, 4/10/89 (hdg.: Free, Helen M.) Modern urine chemistry, c1991: p. 8 (Helen M. Free) Washington post WWW site, viewed May 5, 2021 (in obituary dated May 4, 2021: Helen Murray Free; decades-long career as a chemist at Miles Laboratories in Indiana, where, with her husband, Alfred Free, she developed a dip-and-read glucose test in 1956 that revolutionized diabetes care. Mrs. Free died May 1 in Elkhart, Ind. She was 98. When Mrs. Free joined Miles Laboratories shortly after her college graduation, the company, which was later acquired by Bayer, was best known for its effervescent antacid Alka-Seltzer. Helen Mae Murray was born in Pittsburgh on Feb. 20, 1923. She received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the College of Wooster in 1944. Decades later, she resumed her university studies and received a master's degree in health-care management from Central Michigan University in 1978. Mrs. Free retired in 1982, having risen to positions including director of marketing services, but continued working for Bayer as a consultant) |
| Associated language | eng |
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