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Virginia Apgar  

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  • At a young age, Virginia Apgar, born in Westfield, New Jersey, decided upon medicine for her future career. Apgar majored in zoology, chemistry, and physiology and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts in 1929. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Apgar, Virginia (1909–1974)]

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