Here are five things to know about Dr. Krim.
1. Dr. Krim served as amfAR’s founding chairman and was chairman of the board from 1990 to 2004, according to her obituary.
2. She received her PhD from the University of Geneva in Switzerland in 1953 and proceeded to pursue research in cytogenetics and cancer-causing viruses at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.
3. She moved to New York shortly after her marriage to Arthur Krim in 1958 and held faculty and research positions at various institutions, including Weill Cornell Medical College and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, both in New York City.
4. In April 1983, Dr. Krim and a group of associates founded the AIDS Medical Foundation, which merged with another group to become the American Foundation for AIDS Research two years later. AmfAR, quickly became one of the preeminent organizations dedicated to clinical AIDS research, HIV prevention and advocacy.
5. Dr. Krim received 16 honorary doctorates degrees during her lifetime. Former President Bill Clinton also awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in August 2000 in recognition of her work on HIV/AIDS.
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