Philip W. Askenase ’61

Philip W. Askenase ’61, of New Haven, Conn.; Mar. 12. He graduated from Yale School of Medicine in 1965 and continued his training at several institutions before joining the Yale faculty in 1971. He spent 55 years at Yale contributing to the understanding of how the immune system functions and during that time published 229 scientific papers. In 1985, he founded Yale’s adult AIDS and HIV clinic; that same year he became chief of clinical immunology at Yale School of Medicine, a position he held until 2011. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the Lifetime Achievement Distinguished Scientist Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology in 2018. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law and four grandchildren.