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Donald Zilversmit papers

 Collection
Identifier: 29-2-3245

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Contains seven volumes of bound reprints concerning Professor Zilversmit's research on the relationship between diet and heart disease and cholesterol studies.

Dates

  • 1943-1995.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor emeritus in the Division of Nutrtional Sciences.

Donald Zilversmith was born in the Netherlands. He came to the United States in 1939 to study at the University of California-Berkeley but decided to join the Dutch Canadian Army as a medic in 1940, the year he earned his B.S. Following his service in the army, Zilversmit earned his Ph.D. at Berkeley in 1948 and joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee Medical College in Memphis. In 1966 Zilversmit joined the Cornell faculty and remained until his retirement in 1990.

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Contains seven volumes of bound reprints concerning Professor Zilversmit's research on the relationship between diet and heart disease and cholesterol studies.

Physical Description

Bound reprints.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Eileen Keating
Date completed:
April 23, 2004
EAD encoding:
Carolyn Smith, April, 2004
Date modified:
RMC Staff, November 2012
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Eileen Keating
Date
April 23, 2004
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)