Joseph Litvack, PharmD ’59, passed away in June at age 99, less than one month before his 100th birthday.
During his career, he served as head pharmacist for Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center. Among his legacies is the establishment of the Litvack Family Chair to Discover Consequences of Aging with a $3 million gift to the USC School of Pharmacy.
The faculty member named to the endowed chair will conduct research on how people age differently based on genetics, lifestyle and environmental factors—and potentially develop new therapeutics that can mitigate the physical changes that cause some individuals to die prematurely.
