Kritchevsky, David, PhD (1920-2006)

David Kritchevsky was involved from 1957 until his death in research at the Wistar Institute, under an NIH Career Research Award, on diet, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. From 1975 to 1991 he was associate director of the Wistar Institute and for years chaired graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He authored an early book on cholesterol in 1958 and, in 1981, with O.J. Pollak, a book on sitosterol and the anti-cholesterol properties found in vegetable oils. He was especially noted for his medical “rap” accompanied by himself on piano.