Mathilde Krim
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Mathilde Krim was a medical researcher and the founding chairman of the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Krim in 1987
The Krims hosting John F. Kennedy (center) in 1962
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is a cancer treatment and research institution in Manhattan in New York City. MSKCC is one of 72 National Cancer Institute–designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mathilde Krim
…at the Cornell Medical College in the field of virology, having become interested in the study of viruses causing cancer. In 1962, she transferred to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, to further pursue cancer research, where she was later named Director of the Interferon Laboratory. In addition to her full-time scientific research…
Main entrance on York Avenue
A radium laboratory at Memorial Hospital, 1918
Rockefeller's York Avenue land donation, 1937
Groundbreaking at the Sloan Kettering Institute, 1946