Nancy Leslie Rutherford Bucher[1] (May 4, 1913 – February 16, 2017) was an American physician who was a pioneering scholar in the fields of liver cell regeneration and hepatocyte cultures.[2][3][4] Bucher attended Bryn Mawr School and Bryn Mawr College, and was one of the first women to receive an MD degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[5]

Bucher was born in Baltimore, the daughter of Lula Etta Langrell and John Howard Bucher. She died in Boston at 104.

References

  1. ↑ "Roll of Honor". The College News. Bryn Mawr College. 21 (25): 2. June 5, 1935.
  2. ↑ "In Memoriam: Nancy L.R. Bucher, 104, pioneer of growth control and catalytic member of ASCB". ASCB. 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  3. ↑ "Nancy L. R. Bucher '31, Medicine". The Bryn Mawr School. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Nancy L. R. Bucher, M.D. » Pathology & Laboratory Medicine". Boston University School of Medicine. Retrieved 2018-02-17.
  5. ↑ "Harvard Woman Doctor Makes Find in Cancer Fight". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. April 21, 1953. p. 23. Retrieved August 3, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.


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