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American educator and pathologist
L. Ruth Guy
(March 17, 1913 – May 3, 2006) was an American educator and
pathologist
. She was inducted into the
Texas Women's Hall of Fame
in 1989.
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Born in
Kemp
, she received a bachelor's degree from
Baylor University
in 1934. She continued her studies in medical technology at
Baylor University Hospital
in
Dallas
. From 1939 to 1946, she worked as a medical technologist at
Hendrick Memorial Hospital
in
Abilene
. She returned to Baylor University to earn a master's degree in 1949. While completing her degree, she worked at the William Buchanan Blood Bank and attended the organizing meeting for the
American Association of Blood Banks
held in 1947. In 1953, she earned a
PhD
from
Stanford University
.
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She then returned to
Dallas
and, with E.E. Muirhead, founded the
University of Texas
School of Medical Technology. In the late 1950s, at
Parkland Memorial Hospital
, she helped develop a
rape kit
for collecting evidence following sexual assaults. In 1969, Guy was named the first chair of the Medical Technology department. A program for specialists in
blood bank
technology was established soon afterwards. Guy was president of the South Central Association of Blood Banks from 1964 to 1965. She was
professor emeritus
in the pathology department at the
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
.
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Guy was an honorary fellow of the
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
. In 1973, she received the John Elliot Award from the American Association of Blood Banks.
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She died at the Presbyterian Hospital in
Dallas
at the age of 93.
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