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HONOR LECTURES

CHARLES F. WHITTEN, MD, and

CLARICE D. REID, MD

The Charles F. Whitten, MD,
Memorial and Clarice D. Reid, MD, CLARICE D. REID, MD, began
lectures are given annually at her impressive federal career at the
SCDAA’s National Convention. Health Services and Mental
Health Administration (HSMHA)
Their collective careers represent CHARLES F. WHITTEN, MD, in 1972, working with the newly
over a century of involvement was the cofounder and president established Sickle Cell Screening
in the research, education, emeritus of the Sickle Cell Disease and Education Clinics.
clinical care, program and policy Association of America, Inc. His
development, and advocacy of dedication and commitment to As Deputy Director, she emphasized
sickle cell disease. SCDAA and to those with sickle cell the importance of community
disease will be forever respected programs in addressing national
Their combined legacies and cherished. and local issues related to sickle
continue to provide inspiration to cell disease and was instrumental
countless scientists and clinicians, As a pediatric hematologist, in unifying the community service-
as well community and public Dr. Whitten was among the first oriented programs with the clinical
health practitioners. to develop and insist on newborn and basic research programs at the
screening for sickle cell disease, National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Sickle Cell Disease which is now performed
Association of America honors worldwide. In 1974, he formed The director of the NHLBI/NIH
them by honoring others, in their the Sickle Cell Detection and recruited Dr. Reid on a detail
name, who have made significant Information Center in Detroit, MI, from HSMHA to serve as acting
contributions to the sickle cell the most comprehensive community chief of the Sickle Cell Disease
community. program in the country. He also branch. In 1976, she was appointed
created color-coded “Whitten chief of the branch and the
Dice” to educate couples about the coordinator of the National Sickle
genetic risks of having children with Cell Disease Program.
sickle cell disease.

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