Betty Collette
Veterinary pathologist
Betty Elaine Collette (December 5, 1930, February 5, 2017 ) was a veterinary pathologist from Asheville, North Carolina. She attended Stephens-Lee High School. It is believed she earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Morgan State University, and her Ph.D. in bacteriology from Catholic University of America.
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Collette was the only African-American pathology researcher at Georgetown University School of Medicine in the 1950s.
Collette was described as an "animal-lover" and often kept animal skulls as a hobby. Her research focused on hypertension in animals, often using "white mice, guinea pigs, dogs, rabbits and other animals" in her research. Later in her career, she was a professor at Howard University.
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