GC History

Question 1

Galton

Answer 1

Coined the term “eugenics”

Question 2

First genetic counseling center

Directed by Sheldon Reed

Answer 2

University of Michigan (1940)

Question 3

First department of Medical Genetics

Directed by William Allen

Answer 3

Winston Salem North Carolina School of Medicine

Question 4

Sheldon Reed

Answer 4

Coined the term “genetic counseling”

Directed Univ. of Michigan Genetic counseling center

Question 5

William Allen

Answer 5

Pioneer in field of hereditary disease; believed it could be conquered like infectious disease

Question 6

Melissa Richter

Answer 6

First proposed the idea of a genetic counselor; first director of Sarah Lawrence College program

Question 7

Joan Marks

Answer 7

SLC director; “grandmother” of genetic counseling