David Kristol
{{Short description|American academician (1938–2025)}}
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David Sol Kristol (June 4, 1938 – March 24, 2025) was an American academician who was an emeritus professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1789039581.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+03%2C+2005&author=MARY+ANN+BOURBEAU&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=NJIT+graduate+imagines+future+as+doctor%2C+scientist&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107074719/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/mycentraljersey/access/1789039581.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+03,+2005&author=MARY+ANN+BOURBEAU&pub=Home+News+Tribune&desc=NJIT+graduate+imagines+future+as+doctor,+scientist&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|title=NJIT graduate imagines future as doctor, scientist|last=Bourbeau|first=Mary Ann|date=June 3, 2005|work=Home News Tribune|page=1B|accessdate=30 June 2011}} He created the Biomedical Engineering department at NJIT, but he spent most of his career working as a chemistry professor.https://web.njit.edu/~kristol/
Background
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Kristol received his Bachelor of Science from Brooklyn College in 1958. While in college, he worked on one of the first kidney (dialysis) machines at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital where he saved lives. He then received his Masters and PhD from New York University in organic chemistry, graduating in 1969.
Kristol died on March 24, 2025, at the age of 86.{{Cite web |title=David Sol Kristol Obituary (2025) - East Brunswick, NJ - Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/david-kristol-obituary?id=57977851 |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Legacy.com}}
Career
Kristol was a full professor at NJIT, and he taught chemistry to undergraduate and graduate students. Kristol invented over 30 compounds, he held patents, and he published many [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37277043300 peer reviewed articles]. Kristol created one of the first [https://biomedical.njit.edu/ Biomedical Engineering programs] in the United States. He became the acting chairman of the department and then he taught there. Kristol was the pre-med advisor for NJIT.
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Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110803235529/http://biomedical.njit.edu/people/kristol.php David Kristol profile]
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Category:New Jersey Institute of Technology faculty
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