Jewel Plummer Cobb

CTL-E-6742 · Person · other · 1924–2017

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Jewel Plummer Cobb (1924–2017) was a cell biologist whose research on melanin pigment and on the drug methotrexate advanced the understanding and treatment of skin cancer. She directed cancer research programs at the University of Illinois, NYU, and Connecticut College, then served as president of California State University, Fullerton (1981–1990). A granddaughter of freedpeople, she spent her career widening the pipeline of women and minority scientists.

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Merged 2026-11-02 from the staged health pioneers packet (website/.build-work/scratch-v114/health/) under the GOV-006 founder gate opened 2026-11-02; the staged record is carried verbatim — no claim upgraded in transit (GOV-004). · Roles as staged: Scientist — cell biologist and cancer researcher; university president · Photo: Photo: Коннектикутський коледж · CC0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%94%D0%B6%D1%83%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B1_%D0%B7%D1%96_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC.%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%82%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B6,_%D0%A6%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%85_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B9_%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%85%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B2_%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%96_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8_%D0%9B%D1%96%D1%80.jpg) · staged for CultureTechLens Full per-asset record in this package's photo-records.json, keyed to CTL-E-6742. · Photo size note (as staged): Largest original available on Wikimedia Commons is 325x294; below the 1200px long-edge preference — used as-is, never upscaled.

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• Wikipedia, 'Jewel Plummer Cobb' — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewel_Plummer_Cobb

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