Even after his 100th birthday came and went, Jeremiah Stamler remained committed to his research on lifestyle and other risk factors that lead to heart disease. He was one of the first to make connections between diet and heart health, leading to him being dubbed the “father of preventive cardiology.” On January 26, Stamler died at his home in Long Island at the age of 102.
Stamler was born to Russian immigrant parents in Brooklyn in 1919, though he grew up in New Jersey. His father was a dentist and his mother was a teacher. Stamler received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University in 1940 and attended what is now known as SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn for his medical degree, graduating in 1943. After completing his residency at a nearby hospital, Stamler joined the US Army as a radiologist and worked primarily in Bermuda at the end ...
