Dorothy "Dottie" Thomas (née Martin) (San Antonio, Texas, September 18, 1922 – Seattle, January 9, 2015) was an American hematology researcher and administrator known for her work in developing bone marrow transplants.
[1][2] Her husband was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990 due to his discoveries about cell and organ transplantation in the treatment of human diseases that he had completed along with Dorothy.
In 2012, in honor of the 90th birthday of Dorothy Thomas, the Spanish tenor, José Carreras, held a charity concert in the Benaroya Hall of Seattle, recalling the 25th anniversary of the first bone marrow transplant in Fred Hutchinson center.
In addition, her daughter, Elaine Thomas, who is a physicist and teacher at the University of New Mexico, explained that her mother was brilliant and she could have achieved many goals, nevertheless, at that time, she had to stay with her husband.
[7] In 2014, Dorothy Thomas became a major benefactor of the Fred Hutchinson Center where she created a financial endowment called Dottie's Bridge with the intention to boost young researchers with fellowships.