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Mathilde Krim

Medical researcher (1926–2018)

Mathilde Krim

Krim in 1987

Born

Mathilde Galland


(1926-07-09)July 9, 1926

Como, Italy

DiedJanuary 15, 2018(2018-01-15) (aged 91)
Alma materUniversity of Geneva, Ph.D., 1953
OccupationMedical researcher
Employer(s)Weizmann Institute of Science, Cornell University Medical School, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
Known forFounding chairman of amfAR, an association for AIDS research
MovementIrgun
Spouses

David Danon

(m. 1948, divorced)​

Arthur B.

Krim

(m. 1958; died )​
Children1[1][2]
Awards16 doctorates honoris causa, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Jefferson Awards Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged

Mathilde Krim (Hebrew: מתילדה קרים; née Galland; July 9, 1926 – January 15, 2018) was a