Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914-2015), a pharmacologist, physician, and FDA drug reviewer who refused to authorize Richardson-Merrell's Kevadon (thalidomide) and thus saved untold numbers of American children from serious birth defects, such as being born armless or legless. Kelsey was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service by John F. Kennedy in 1962.

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