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- Birth nameFrances Kathleen Oldham
- Frances Oldham Kelsey was born on July 24, 1914 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was married to Fremont Ellis Kelsey. She died on August 7, 2015 in London, Ontario, Canada.
- SpouseFremont Ellis Kelsey(1943 - 1966) (his death, 2 children)
- In 1962, President John F. Kennedy awarded her the Distinguished Federal Civilian Service Award.
- At the FDA, she refused to approve release of thalidomide in the United States. she became an U,S. citizen in the late 1950s and for hr action on thalidomide , she was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service on August 7, 1962. She was invested in the Order of Canada in 2015 and she got her insignia on August 6.
- [Richardson-Merrell desire to market thalidomide to pregnant women in the USA] They were writing letters and telephoning. They were very anxious to get their product on the market. It had been very successful in other countries and they felt there would be a big market in this country. Then quite suddenly, the news came from Europe about the deformities.
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