Clara Raven was an American physician who was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War.
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Clara Raven was a pathologist and medical examiner, having put over twenty years of research into the causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
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Clara Raven's family emigrated to the United States in 1916, settling in Youngstown, Ohio before moving to Detroit, Michigan.
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Clara Raven enrolled at Duke Medical School and was the only female student in her class before transferring to Northwestern University Medical School.
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Clara Raven received her Bachelor of Medicine in 1938 followed by her Doctor of Medicine in 1938.
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Clara Raven did post-graduate work at the University of Liverpool, studying how typhoid fever spreads through drinking water.
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Clara Raven was Director of Laboratories at the Scranton State Hospital in Pennsylvania.
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Clara Raven was the Chief Pathologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.
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Clara Raven returned to the Army Medical Corps in 1951 during the Korean War, becoming the highest ranking female physician on active duty.
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Clara Raven retired from active military service in 1959, entering the Army Reserve Medical Corps.
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Clara Raven testified before a Senate subcommittee to advocate for better funding into SIDS research as well as improving counseling services for the bereaved.
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In 1962, Clara Raven received the Northwestern Alumni Merit Award, and received the Elizabeth Blackwell Award in 1983.
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Clara Raven was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1987.