 in biology and earned a medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco.Old died November 28, 2011, in his New York City home, after several years battling advanced prostate cancer.As Director of the international Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research for 17 years, Scientific Director of the Cancer Research Institute for 40 years, and his previous appointment as Associate Director of Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center for 10 years, Dr. Old guided the scientific vision of several institutions and the training and development of generations of young scientists in many fields.