Mathilde Krim
| Mathilde Krim | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Mathilde Galland July 9, 1926 Como, Italy |
| Alma mater | University of Geneva, Ph.D., 1953 |
| Occupation | Medical researcher |
| Employer | Weizmann Institute of Science, Cornell University Medical School, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research |
| Known for | Founding chairman of amfAR, an association for AIDS research |
| Movement | Irgun |
| Spouse(s) | Arthur B. Krim |
| Awards | 16 doctorates honoris causa, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Jefferson Awards Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged |
Mathilde Krim, Ph.D. (Hebrew: מתילדה קרים; born July 9, 1926) is the founding chairman of amfAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research.
Dr. Mathilde Krim (née Galland) was born in Como, Italy, to a Swiss Protestant father and Italian Catholic mother. She received her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, in 1953. In 1950, she married a man whom she had befriended while he attended the University of Geneva School of Medicine, David Danon. They had a daughter and shortly thereafter left Switzerland, relocating to David's home country, the newly-independent Jewish state of Israel. From 1953 to 1959, she pursued research in cytogenetics and cancer-causing viruses at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, where she was a member of the team that first developed a method for the prenatal determination of sex.
After her divorce, Krim moved to New York and joined the research staff of Cornell University Medical School, following her 1958 marriage to Arthur B. Krim—a New York attorney, head of United Artists, later founder of Orion Pictures, active member of the Democratic Party, and advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter. It was at Krim's NYC home on May 19, 1962 that the famous 45th birthday party for President John F. Kennedy was held, with many famous persons in attendance (Robert Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Maria Callas, Jack Benny, Harry Belafonte).
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