Graham Lusk

Graham Lusk
FRS(For) FRSE
Born(1866-02-05)February 5, 1866
Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedJuly 18, 1932(1932-07-18) (aged 66)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University
University of Munich
SpouseMary Woodbridge Tiffany
Parent(s)William Thompson Lusk
Mary Hartwell Chittenden
RelativesAnna Hartwell Lusk (sister)
Simeon B. Chittenden (grandfather)

Graham Lusk FRS(For) FRSE (February 15, 1866 – July 18, 1932)[1] was an American physiologist, and nutritionist.[2] He graduated from Columbia University, and from University of Munich with a PhD.[3] He was an expert on diabetes.[4] He was profoundly deaf from the age of 30.

Early life

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He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on February 15, 1866, the son of Prof. William Thompson Lusk of Long Island College of Medicine and his wife, Mary Hartwell Chittenden.[1] His maternal grandfather was U.S. Representative Simeon B. Chittenden, and his sister Anna Hartwell Lusk, was a member of Mrs. Astor's "Four Hundred" during the gilded age.

He studied at Columbia School of Mines, graduating M.A. in 1887. He did further postgraduate studies in Germany under Professor Carl Voit at the University of Munich gaining a doctorate (Ph.D.) in 1891.[1]

Career

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In 1892, he began assisting in lectures at Yale Medical School and in 1895 became Professor of Physiology there.[5]

In 1898, he moved to Bellevue Hospital, New York City and in 1909 to Cornell University where he remained until death. His papers are held at Cornell University.[6]

In 1899 (largely due to his father's Scottish roots), he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Diarmid Noel Paton, John Clarence Webster, Sir John Batty Tuke and Alexander Bruce. He was elected a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1915 and the American Philosophical Society in 1924.[7]

In 1932, he was also elected a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London.[8]

Personal life and death

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In 1899, he married Mary Woodbridge Tiffany, a daughter of Louis Comfort Tiffany.[9] Together, they were the parents of:[1]

  • William Tiffany Lusk (1901-1978), who married Katharine Adams.[10]
  • Louise Tiffany Lusk (1902-1994), who married Collier Platt.[11]
  • Louis Tiffany Lusk (1906-1969), who married Eloise Prentice.[12]

Dr. Graham Lusk died in New York on July 18, 1932, aged 66.[1]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "DR. GRAHAM LUSK, PHYSIOLOGIST, DIES. WROTE ON DIET PROBLEMS" (PDF). The New York Times. July 19, 1932. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "What Goes In". JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association. 199 (12): 930. 1967. doi:10.1001/jama.1967.03120120118027.
  3. ^ Wallace, G. B. (1932). "Obituary of Graham Lusk". Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 8 (10): 631–634. PMC 2096233.
  4. ^ H, F. G. (1932). "Prof. Graham Lusk, For.Mem.R.S". Nature. 130 (3278): 300–302. Bibcode:1932Natur.130..300F. doi:10.1038/130300a0.
  5. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2011-11-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  8. ^ Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002 (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh. July 2006. ISBN 0-902-198-84-X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  9. ^ The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. J. T. White. 1916. p. 89. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  10. ^ "William T. Lusk Dies, Ex-Head of Tiffany". The New York Times. March 6, 1978. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  11. ^ Cohen, Patricia (July 29, 2015). "Henry B. Platt, Scion Who Gave Tiffany Sparkle, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "A Corner of the 72nd Street Studio". artgallery.yale.edu. Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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