Irving London
hematologist and geneticist
Irving M. London (July 24, 1918 – May 23, 2018) was a hematologist and geneticist. He was an associate professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons when he was selected to be the founding chair of the department of medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1955. He was recruited to become the founding director of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology in 1970. Dr. London was the first professor to hold dual roles at both Harvard and MIT.
London graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Medical School. London died on May 23, 2018, at age 99.
Family and early life
London was born in Malden, Massachusetts on 24 July 1918. His parents identified as Russian Jewish. His mother may have been named Rose London (1892-1944), and a sister named Marion.
In his childhood years, London had polio.
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