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Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway

1907–1979

United States

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Nathaniel Oglesby Calloway (October 10, 1907 – December 3, 1979) was an American chemist and physician. Calloway was the first African American to receive an academic doctorate from an institute west of the Mississippi River and the first African American to receive a PhD in chemistry from Iowa State University (ISU).

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