Howard A. Eder

EDER-Howard A., MD. The Department of Medicine of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine mourns the death on January 15, 2004 of its longtime Professor Emeritus since 1988 but still active here, who was an internationally renowned investigator of lipid metabolism and disorders and member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He was a 1942 graduate of Harvard Medical School who took Internal Medicine training at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and subsequently worked at Rockefeller University for several years. He was one of the early investigators to use modern biochemical analyses to study lipid metabolism and protein-lipid interactions in humans, and their relation to the development of atherosclerosis. In recognition of his seminal studies he received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association in 1985 and was a member of many major medical scientific societies, including the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Royal Society of Medicine, and the Association of American Physicians. He was a wonderful man who will be missed by his friends and associates. We offer our condolences to his daughters Susan and Rebecca, his son Michael, and their spouses and children. Victor L. Schuster, MD Baumritter Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine