Ancel Keys, who at 100 years old had held the distinction of being the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's oldest living alumnus, died Saturday, November 20. Just last month he received the Professional Achievement Award from the UCSD Alumni
Association. Keys received a Ph.D. in oceanography from Scripps in 1930. Although he studied fish biology and physiology at Scripps, he spent his career studying the physiology of humans. Among his many notable career achievements were the development of K-rations during World War II and his landmark studies of the relationship between diet and blood cholesterol levels.