St. Elmo Brady was the first African-American to receive a ... and his legacy lives on. For his life-long accomplishments, Brady is being honored by the American Chemical Society with a National ...
St. Elmo Brady (1884-1966) was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S. After receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1916, ...