Helen Iglauer Glueck
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Helen Iglauer Glueck (1907-1995) was a physician known for her research in blood chemistry that linked bleeding disorders in newborns with lack of Vitamin K in breast milk.
Dr. Glueck graduated from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1925. She obtained her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her MD from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
She directed the University of Cincinnati Student Health Services (1945-1959) and then became Director of the Coagulation Laboratory at the University.
[edit] Honors
- 1979 YWCA Career Woman of the Year
- 1985 Hebrew Union College Founders Medal
- 1985 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Daniel Drake Award
- 1993 named a "Great Living Cincinnatian" by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
