Donald S. Fredrickson

Donald S. Fredrickson
Donald S. Fredrickson in 1961
11th Director of the National Institutes of Health
In office
July 1, 1975  June 30, 1981
President
Preceded byRobert Stone
Succeeded byJames Wyngaarden
Personal details
Born
Donald Sharp Fredrickson

(1924-08-08)August 8, 1924
Cañon City, Colorado
DiedJune 7, 2002(2002-06-07) (aged 77)
Bethesda, Maryland
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Scientific career
FieldsLipid metabolism
Institutions

Donald Sharp "Don" Fredrickson (August 8, 1924 – June 7, 2002) was an American medical researcher, principally of the lipid and cholesterol metabolism, and director of National Institutes of Health and subsequently the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.