Sherman Mellinkoff, MD, former dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, died July 17.
Dr. Mellinkoff was 96. The cause of death was congestive heart failure.
Dr. Mellinkoff took over the deanship in 1962 and retired in 1986. During his 24-year tenure, he transformed the medical school, which was hardly 10 years old when he began his role. Under his leadership, the David Geffen School of Medicine created a cancer center and organ transplant programs; greatly enlarged its faculty and student body; and increased its budget from $15 million to more than $180 million.