Leo Vroman

Leo Vroman (April 10, 1915 – February 22, 2014) was a Jewish-Dutch-American hematologist, a writer and a poet (mainly writing in Dutch) and an illustrator.
Early life.
Vroman was born in Gouda. He studied biology at Utrecht University. When the Nazis occupied the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, he went to London.
Education.
After the war, Vroman went to New York. There he worked as a hematology researcher. He has been an American citizen since 1951.
Death.
Vroman spent his last years in Fort Worth, Texas. He died on February 22, 2014, aged 98.