Irving L. Schwartz

Portrait of Irving Schwartz, MD (1918-2011). Dr. Schwartz received his MD from New York University School of Medicine in 1943. Dr. Schwartz was the first Dean of the Graduate School of Biological Sciences at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, holding the role from 1965 to 1980, when he became Dean Emeritus. He was also the first Chair of the Department of Structural and Chemical Biology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of the Mount Sinai Center for Polypeptide Research. In 1973, he was the recipient of the Medical Alumni Achievement Award from the New York University School of Medicine.