Title: Letter to Frances Willard Bowman for FDA employee award

Identifier: 0215-b1-fa   (https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/34028)

Description: A letter recognizing Mrs. Frances Willard Bowman and Mr. Simon Holdowsky for an award for their adopted suggestion in the manufacture of an enzyme preparation. The award is from the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Antibiotics and the Board on Employee Awards. Bowman joined the Division of Antibiotics of the Food and Drug Administration in 1946, and in 1954 she was named supervisor in charge of the sterility testing of all antibiotics designed for injectables, opthalmic solutions, and surgical dressings. Bowman's research while at the FDA consisted of studies on the stability of various antibiotics and the development of assays for antibiotic testing.