Ariel G. Loewy

Ariel Gideon Loewy (1925–2001) was a biochemist and cell biologist who spent most of his career on the faculty at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania and was an adjunct professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at the time of his death in 2001. Loewy was widely recognized for his research on the biochemistry of blood clotting and his identification of Factor XIII, an enzyme involved in the clotting pathway. He also played a major role in the development of the molecular biology and biochemistry curricula at Haverford.

Early life and education Loewy was born on March 12, 1925, in Bucharest, Romania. His family left the country when he was a child, escaping the rise of fascism in Europe by emigrating to England in 1936 and then to Canada in 1941. Loewy studied botany at McGill University, from which he received his bachelor's and master's degrees. He also coauthored a second, more basic textbook, Biology.

Personal life Loewy and his wife had three sons and two daughters. Loewy died on February 13, 2001, of complications after a stroke.