The Ithaca Journal, Tuesday, 19 Jul 1932, Page 3
Graham Lusk Dead; Expert Physiologist
World Authority On Nutrition For 23 Years Professor In New York Branch of Cornell Medical College - Local Colleagues Mourn Loss
"Dr. Graham Lusk, world authority on nutrition and for 23 years Professor of Physiology in the New York branch of Cornell Medical College, died Monday night in Doctor's Hospital, First Avenue and 28th Street. He had been ill a week.
He was born 66 years ago in Bridgeport, Conn., the son of Dr. William T. Lusk and Mary Hartwell Chittenden Lusk. After his graduation from Columbia University with a Batchelor of Philosophy in 1887, Dr. Lusk continued his education in Europe. Munich gave him the Doctor of Philosophy in 1891. Subsequent honorary degrees were, an A. M. from Yale in 1896 and an S.cD two years later, and an LL.D. from the University of Glascow in 1923.
Upon his return from the German University, Dr. Lusk was appointed the instructor of Physiology at Yale, rising to the rank of Assistant Professor the following year, and to a full professorship in 1895. He went to New York City in 1898 as Professor of Physiology in University and Bellevue Medical College. His affiliation with the Cornell Medical College there began in 1909 and has continued until his death. His home was 1030 5th Avenue.
Dr. Lusk won many recognitions for supremacy in the field of nutrition. During the World War he was a member of the Inter-Allied Food Commission, He was the Scientific Director of the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology. The American scientist was honored by the medical profession and was honored by The Royal Society of Edinburg, The Imperial Society of Physicians of Vienna, The Physiological Society of Great Britian and The Berlin Physiologische Gesellschaft. His American societies included the American Physiology Society, National Academy of Sciences, and American Philosophical Society.
The Cornell Physiologist was a contributor to scientific journals, and author of Elements Of The Science Of Nutrition."
The Ithaca Journal, Tuesday, 19 Jul 1932, Page 3
Graham Lusk Dead; Expert Physiologist
World Authority On Nutrition For 23 Years Professor In New York Branch of Cornell Medical College - Local Colleagues Mourn Loss
"Dr. Graham Lusk, world authority on nutrition and for 23 years Professor of Physiology in the New York branch of Cornell Medical College, died Monday night in Doctor's Hospital, First Avenue and 28th Street. He had been ill a week.
He was born 66 years ago in Bridgeport, Conn., the son of Dr. William T. Lusk and Mary Hartwell Chittenden Lusk. After his graduation from Columbia University with a Batchelor of Philosophy in 1887, Dr. Lusk continued his education in Europe. Munich gave him the Doctor of Philosophy in 1891. Subsequent honorary degrees were, an A. M. from Yale in 1896 and an S.cD two years later, and an LL.D. from the University of Glascow in 1923.
Upon his return from the German University, Dr. Lusk was appointed the instructor of Physiology at Yale, rising to the rank of Assistant Professor the following year, and to a full professorship in 1895. He went to New York City in 1898 as Professor of Physiology in University and Bellevue Medical College. His affiliation with the Cornell Medical College there began in 1909 and has continued until his death. His home was 1030 5th Avenue.
Dr. Lusk won many recognitions for supremacy in the field of nutrition. During the World War he was a member of the Inter-Allied Food Commission, He was the Scientific Director of the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology. The American scientist was honored by the medical profession and was honored by The Royal Society of Edinburg, The Imperial Society of Physicians of Vienna, The Physiological Society of Great Britian and The Berlin Physiologische Gesellschaft. His American societies included the American Physiology Society, National Academy of Sciences, and American Philosophical Society.
The Cornell Physiologist was a contributor to scientific journals, and author of Elements Of The Science Of Nutrition."
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