Albert R. Jonsen

Albert R. Jonsen (April 1931 – October 21, 2020) was and American academic administrator, educator, and one of the founders of the field of bioethics. He was president of the University of San Francisco. He was emeritus professor of ethics in medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he was chairman of the Department of Medical History and Ethics from 1987 to 1999. After retiring from UW, he returned to San Francisco, where he co-founded the Program in Medicine and Human Values at Sutter Health's California Pacific Medical Center in 2003.

Early life and education Jonsen was born in April 1931 in San Francisco. He had two brothers, Robert and Richard, and a sister, Anne Marie.

Jonsen died on October 21, 2020, at the age of 89, survived by his wife Liz of 44 years.