Helen M. Free, Miles Laboratories, received the 2009 National Medal of Technology and Innovation medal from President Obama on November 17, 2010. Photo by Ryan K. Morris Photography
The Washington Post: Helen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionized diabetes testing, dies at 98
Helen Murray Free, chemist who revolutionized diabetes testing, dies at 98
With her husband, Alfred Free, she developed a glucose dipstick in 1956 that made diabetes testing easier, more precise and less expensive.
Helen Murray Free decorated by President Obama, went from considering a future in teaching to a future in chemistry thanks to vacant slots in colleges during World Wat II. So what was her life’s work?