Carolyn Cannon-Alfred

Carolyn L. Cannon-Alfred (born August 16, 1934 – August 29, 1987) was an American pharmacologist who established a medical clinic in South-central Los Angeles. She was an assistant professor of pharmacology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and a senior pharmacologist at Riker Laboratories. Cannon-Alfred co-authored the Medical Handbook for the Layman in 1971.

Carolyn Cannon-Alfred
Born(1934-08-16)August 16, 1934
Tyler, Texas, U.S.
DiedAugust 29, 1987(1987-08-29) (aged 53)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Toledo
Howard University
Alma materGeorgetown University
SpouseJ. Tyrone Alfred
Children3
Scientific career
FieldsCardiac and autonomic pharmacology
InstitutionsRiker Laboratories
California Riverside Hospital
Keck School of Medicine of USC
ThesisThe nature of Cocaine desensitization of Ephedrine Pressor responses (1961)

Early life and education

Cannon-Alfred was born on August 16, 1934, in Tyler, Texas.[1] She graduated from Emmett J. Scott High School in 1950. Cannon-Alfred was a member of the St. James Colored Methodist Episcopal Church.[2] She completed a bachelor's from the University of Toledo in 1954. Cannon-Alfred earned a M.S. from Howard University in 1957. Her thesis was titled Studies on the acute effects of cortisone, with special reference to the heart: influence of potassium, digitalis and N-Allyl-Nor-Morphine (Nalline).[3]

Cannon-Alfred served as an assistant pharmacologist and instructor of pharmacology at Howard University between 1957 and 1959.[4] She earned a Ph.D. in pharmacology from Georgetown University in 1961. Her dissertation was titled The nature of Cocaine desensitization of Ephedrine Pressor responses.[5]

Career

Cannon-Alfred was hired as a Senior Pharmacologist at Riker Laboratories, and in 1962 she took a research associate position at California Riverside Hospital. She received a two-year research grant from the National Heart Institute in 1964, and she moved to the Keck School of Medicine of USC as an assistant professor of pharmacology.[1][4] Cannon-Alfred researched cardiac and autonomic pharmacology.[2]

Cannon-Alfred and her husband, J. Tyrone Alfred, wrote Medical Handbook for the Layman. The city council of Los Angeles honored Cannon-Alfred and her husband for the book and presented them with a council resolution in a 1971 ceremony held at city hall.[6] She and her husband established a medical clinic in south-central Los Angeles, and Cannon-Alfred's wish was to buy an apartment complex in the area that could serve as living arrangements for senior citizens.[7]

Personal life

Cannon-Alfred was married to J. Tyrone Alfred. They had three daughters. Cannon-Alfred died on August 29, 1987, in a Los Angeles hospital after a sudden illness.[2]

Selected publications
  • Cannon, Carolyn; Cowan, F. F.; Koppanyi, T.; Maengwyn-Davies, G. D. (1961-10-13). "Explanation of Cocaine Desensitization of Blood Pressure Responses to Ephedrine". Science. 134 (3485): 1075–1077. doi:10.1126/science.134.3485.1075.b. PMID 13876233. S2CID 239862332.
  • Alfred, J. Tyrone; Cannon-Alfred, Carolyn (1969). Medical handbook for the layman. Alfred and Alfred.

References
  1. Vivian Ovelton Sammons (1990). Blacks in Science and Medicine. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation. pp. 7. ISBN 0-89116-665-3.
  2. "Obituary for Carolyn Cannon-Alfred". Tyler Morning Telegraph. 1987-09-02. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. Cannon, Carolyn (1957). Studies on the acute effects of cortisone, with special reference to the heart: influence of potassium, digitalis and N-Allyl-Nor-Morphine (Nalline) (M.S. thesis). Howard University.
  4. Wini Warren (1999). Black Women Scientists in the United States. Indiana University Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 0-253-33603-1.
  5. Cannon, Carolyn L. (1961). The nature of Cocaine desensitization of Ephedrine Pressor responses (Ph.D. thesis). Georgetown University. OCLC 51829573.
  6. "Husband and wife medical team acclaimed for book that shows how most diseases can be prevented". Ebony. November 1971. p. 81. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  7. "Chamber's investment in South Central Medical Center 20 years ago pays off". Southern California Business. Vol. 40, no. 4. April 1994.
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