IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Monique
Braude
November 13, 1925 – January 2, 2010
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Dr. Monique C. Braude, 84, of Silver Spring, MD died on January 2, 2010 after a long illness.
She was born in Lisieux, France (the city of Sainte Therese de l'enfant Jesus) on November 13, 1925. After moving to Paris with her parents, she studied classical programs, and later studied at the Institute of Pharmacy and was awarded a Pharmacist Diploma. She started as a drug store pharmacist but soon moved to the Laboratoires Blaque as chief of production of drug specialties. At the end of WW II, in 1948, in Paris, she met her future husband, George, a French chemical engineer from Halle, Germany. They were married in Paris in 1949 and moved to the United States in the early 1950's.
She earned her Doctorate of Pharmacology at Ohio State. She worked for many years at the National Institute of Health, where she directed an extensive program to determine the preclinical biological effects of marijuana and other drugs of abuse. Monique was a member of the GFWC, MD Federation of Women's Club, Inc., and GWIS believing strongly in promoting women in the field of Science. She was an honorary member of the American Chemical Society and founded the George L. Braude Award.
In addition, she was a member of the Women's Club of Linthicum Heights, the Women's Club of Cheverly, and the Severn Town Club and served with the United Nations Program. She was elected first vice president for the Southern District and later, President.
Mrs. Braude is survived by her cousins Helene Velu, Genevieve Grand Clement, Dr. Catherine Grand Clement all of France, Carol Ann Magill and William Magill of Florida, Patricia Dunning of California and Anne Marie Parker of Maryland and their respective families. She is preceded in death by her husband George L. Braude to whom she was married to for 53 years until his passing in 2002.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Catholic Church, Crofton on Thursday, January 7, 2010, at 11am. Interment will be held at Our Lady of the Fields Cemetery, Millersville.
Memorial Contributions may be to GWIS (Graduate Women in Science) the GFWC MD Federation of Women's Clubs Inc.
For further information please visit: www.barrancofuneralhome.com
She was born in Lisieux, France (the city of Sainte Therese de l'enfant Jesus) on November 13, 1925. After moving to Paris with her parents, she studied classical programs, and later studied at the Institute of Pharmacy and was awarded a Pharmacist Diploma. She started as a drug store pharmacist but soon moved to the Laboratoires Blaque as chief of production of drug specialties. At the end of WW II, in 1948, in Paris, she met her future husband, George, a French chemical engineer from Halle, Germany. They were married in Paris in 1949 and moved to the United States in the early 1950's.
She earned her Doctorate of Pharmacology at Ohio State. She worked for many years at the National Institute of Health, where she directed an extensive program to determine the preclinical biological effects of marijuana and other drugs of abuse. Monique was a member of the GFWC, MD Federation of Women's Club, Inc., and GWIS believing strongly in promoting women in the field of Science. She was an honorary member of the American Chemical Society and founded the George L. Braude Award.
In addition, she was a member of the Women's Club of Linthicum Heights, the Women's Club of Cheverly, and the Severn Town Club and served with the United Nations Program. She was elected first vice president for the Southern District and later, President.
Mrs. Braude is survived by her cousins Helene Velu, Genevieve Grand Clement, Dr. Catherine Grand Clement all of France, Carol Ann Magill and William Magill of Florida, Patricia Dunning of California and Anne Marie Parker of Maryland and their respective families. She is preceded in death by her husband George L. Braude to whom she was married to for 53 years until his passing in 2002.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Elizabeth Anne Seton Catholic Church, Crofton on Thursday, January 7, 2010, at 11am. Interment will be held at Our Lady of the Fields Cemetery, Millersville.
Memorial Contributions may be to GWIS (Graduate Women in Science) the GFWC MD Federation of Women's Clubs Inc.
For further information please visit: www.barrancofuneralhome.com
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