Dorothy Hamre, who spent the last 21 years of her life living in Ouray, was one of the original discoverers of the corona family of viruses in the mid-1960s. Photo courtesy Northern Arizona University, Cline Library, (Dorothy Hamre and Kenneth Alexander Brownlee Photographs)
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Putting a face to Dorothy Hamre, the scientist who discovered the coronavirus
Editor’s note: This article was published as part of a special section for the Ouray County Historical Society in this week’s edition of the Plaindealer. Please pick up a copy to learn more about how you can be involved in the organization’s programs.
In the May 22 issue of Frontline I had described the work of Dorothy Hamre, at the University of Chicago, on the discovery of coronaviruses (unnamed at that time) in the mid 1960s. In my search for the discoverer of coronavirus str...
