Is there anything built or named after Charles R Drew?

Answer 1

Yes, there are many schools named after him.

• In 1981, the United States Postal Service issued a 35¢ postage stamp in its Great Americans seriesto honor Drew.
• Charles R. Drew Memorial Bridge, Brookland neighborhood, Washington DC[20]
• USNS Charles Drew, a dry cargo ship of the United States Navy
• Parc Charles-Drew, in Le Sud-Ouest, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asantelisted Drew as one of the 100 Greatest African Americans.[21]

Numerous schools and health-related facilities, as well as other institutions, have been named in honor of Dr. Drew.

Medical and higher education

• In 1966, the Charles R. Drew Postgraduate Medical School was incorporated in California and was named in his honor. This later became the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.
• Charles Drew Health Center, Omaha, Nebraska[22]
• Charles Drew Science Enrichment Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan[23]
• Charles Drew Health Foundation, East Palo Alto, California, 1960s-2000, was the community's only clinic for decades.
• Charles Drew community Health Center, located in Burlington, NC near the site of the old Alamance Countyhospital.
• Charles R Drew Wellness Center in Columbia, South Carolina[24]
• Charles R. Drew Hall, an all-male freshman dorm at Howard University, Washington D.C.[25]
• Charles Drew Memorial Cultural House, residence at Amherst College, his alma mater[26]

K-12 schools

• Charles R. Drew Middle School & Magnet school for the gifted, opened 1966 Los Angeles Unified School District
• Charles R. Drew Middle School Lincoln Alabama operated by Talladega County Schools
• Charles R. Drew Junior High School, Detroit, Michigan
• Dr. Charles R. Drew Science Magnet School, Buffalo, NY
• Charles R. Drew Elementary School, Miami Beach[27] and Pompano Beach, Florida[28]
• Bluford Drew Jemison S.T.E.M Academy, Baltimore([29]), and Dr. Charles R. Drew Elementary School, Colesville, Maryland[30]
• Charles Drew Elementary School, Washington, DC
• Charles R. Drew Elementary School, Arlington, Virginia
• Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School, New Orleans, LA
• Charles R. Drew Charter School opened in August 2000 as the first charter school in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the setting for the 2015 Movie Project Almanac.
• Dr. Charles Drew Academy, Ecorse, MI
• Charles R. Drew Intermediate School, Crosby, Texas
• Dr. Charles Drew Elementary School, San Francisco, Ca.