Frederick Coulston, 89; Researcher Sought Vaccine for AIDS
Frederick Coulston, who helped develop or test treatments for malaria, hepatitis and AIDS in a decades-long career, died Monday in Alamogordo, N.M. He was 89.
Coulston operated the nonprofit Coulston Foundation, which used chimpanzees and other primates for medical research. He spent many years trying to develop a vaccine for AIDS. He also helped develop hepatitis vaccines.
He directed laboratories around the country, headed science committees and published international journals. He told the Associated Press that his finest achievement was his study of the malaria parasite.
Coulston worked in Delaware for E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., then directed two research institutes. In 1963, he became director of the Institute of Experimental Pathology and Toxicology at the Albany Medical College of Union University in Albany, N.Y.
The use of primates by Coulston’s foundation drew fire for years from animal rights groups.
Last year, Coulston turned over 288 chimpanzees and 90 monkeys from his research facility to the Florida-based Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care.
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