Show Famous Scientist Born a Slave Dies After Life of Service TUSKEGEE Ala Jan 6 UP UP Dr George Washington Carver Cahier 79 who was born a slave stave and became one of the greatest of American scientists died last nig night t home on the campus of Tuskegee egee institute where he had taught taugh since 1896 4 His chemical discoveries cape espe- daily dally of products that can cache be made from sweet potatoes and peanuts increased the income of the south many millions of dollars Throughout 1 his s life he had I prea preached hed crop diversification diversification- and sufficiency self and last year was honored by the Progressive Farmers Farmers' Farmers Farmers' Farm Farm- ers ers' association for having contributed contributed contributed con con- the greatest greatest- service to southern agriculture Although he received offers that would have m made de him a millionaire millionaire million million- aire he refused to leave Tuskegee until last year when he did some research in Henry Fords Ford's Detroit laboratories His formulas would I have made him very wealthy but bute buthe he Ito e gave av them eF fr freely ly to the world Never Pat Patented Discoveries Dr Carver Carve never patented any of his discoveries He was never married and left no relatives In 1940 he gave what what was left of his s life savings after a bank to failure failure to create a a. foundation to perpetuate research in Jn creative chemistry He was born bom of slave parents on the plantation of Moses Carvel near neat Diamond Grove Mo in 1864 Night Nightriders riders him an and l his mother while Jie he was still a a. baby His master master- ransomed him for a a. horse but his mother alre already dy had been sold by her abductors and nd I he never saw her hel again I From the plantation where he was born bora he went to lean Kan and obtained d a grammar an and 2 high school education while l supporting supporting supporting sup sup- porting himself He enrolled ll d at the University of Iowa but it refused to let him enter enter en en- ter when it round found out that he be was wasa a Negro He sp spent nt the winter laundering students' students clothes and th the following fall faU enrolled at Simpson Simp Simp- son college Indianola Iowa Ion Iowa a State Graduate Three years later he went to Iowa State college colleg at Ames where he received a bachelors bachelor's and masters master's nina mas ter's degree in agriculture I Booker T T. Washington who had I founded Tuskegee institute invited invited ed him hint to take ch charge of the institutes institute's institutes institute's institutes institute's in in- agricultural courses in 1896 When Dr Carver arrived he had four oxen a few pigs and chickens a a. few tools and acres of poor land with which to work T The Ii e farms on all sides aides impoverished by years pears rs of cott cotton growing were becoming more run ui-in down every season Plant sweet potatoes g gr greens ezis t com cor corn anything l Anything bt cotton he urged far farSoon farmers Soon the peanut crop was so large the market was flooded He turned to the laboratory to fin find uses for peanuts Before he died he had made more th than n useful products from peanuts Including cheese condiments paper coffee plastics stains insulating board and face powder He made products from rom sweet potatoes including ink glue stains and crystallized ginger |