Betty Elaine Collette | |
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 Betty Collette on the cover of Jet magazine
April 3, 1958 | |
| Born |
December 5, 1930 Asheville, North Carolina
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| Died | March 6, 1986 (aged 55) |
| Alma mater | Morgan State College, Catholic University |
Betty Elaine Collette (December 5, 1930 – February 5, 2017) was a veterinary pathologist from Asheville, North Carolina. She attended Stephens-Lee High School, earned her bachelor's degree in biology from Morgan State University, and her Ph.D. in bacteriology from Catholic University of America.
Research
Collette was the only African-American pathology researcher at Georgetown University School of Medicine in the 1950s.
Her research focused on hypertension in animals. Later in her career, she was a professor at Howard University.