 Old was also a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, New York Academy of Sciences, Reticuloendothelial Society, Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Immunologists, National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Cancer Immunology, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.He had also received honorary doctor of medicine degrees from Karolinska Institute, the University of Lausanne, and the University College London.He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A.