Patillo

There was Onassis Smith, Vaughn Dixon, and a Spanish guy they called Patillo.

The Brotherhood of Man Kimani Kinyua 2006

Patillo said he helped organize the conference because the world should know the cells came from this African American woman who had five children and has saved millions of lives.

Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

A committee established in Henrietta Lacks's name is seeking to turn the home where she grew up in rural Clover, Va., into a historic landmark, and Maryland has agreed to turn the Turner Station home where she lived in Baltimore County into a landmark, Patillo said.

Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

Patillo said he helped organize the conference because the world should know the cells came from this African American woman who had five children and has saved millions of lives.

Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

A committee established in Henrietta Lacks's name is seeking to turn the home where she grew up in rural Clover, Va., into a historic landmark, and Maryland has agreed to turn the Turner Station home where she lived in Baltimore County into a landmark, Patillo said.

Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

"It was only 25 years after her death ... that it was revealed that they came from her," said Robert Patillo, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Morehouse School of Medicine who once worked with Guy.

Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

"It was only 25 years after her death ... that it was revealed that they came from her," said Robert Patillo, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Morehouse School of Medicine who once worked with Guy.

Conference remembers Henrietta Lacks as 'unsung hero of modern medicine' Darryl Fears 2010

As the drilling site, he chose a spot next to the little springs with bubbling gas that Patillo Higgins had found.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

The townspeople in Beaumont had pretty much decided that Lucas and his crew were, like Patillo Higgins, plain crazy and hardly worthy of attention.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008

As for Patillo Higgins, he started a lawsuit against Captain Lucas, who, lacking in sufficient sentiment, had cut him out.

The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008