Dr. Gottlieb, at his death, was Chairman of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Professor of Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana, which posts he had held for 23 years. He was also founder and Chief Executive Officer of Imreg, Inc., a biotechnology firm, the purpose of which was to further develop his research in the area of immunology, particularly the discovery of substances which support the human immune system. These substances also demonstrated the link between the neuroendocrine system and the immune system, which had been elusive. His research encompassed the discovery and testing of investigational therapies for diseases which affected or which were affected by the human immune system, including HIV Disease, Cancer and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Dr. Gottlieb was born on December 14, 1937 in Haifa, Israel, toJacob Gottlieb, then Deputy Minister of Agriculture under the British Mandate, and Minnie Gottlieb (nee Pierson), daughter of Rabbi Meyer Ziskind of Syracuse, New York and New York City. Dr. Gottlieb attended the Bronx High School of Science in New York with the class of 1954. He entered Columbia College under the Ford Foundationís early admission scholarship program, and graduated with the class of 1957. At Columbia College, he was coxswain of the junior varsity lightweight crew and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He graduated with Highest Honorsand Distinction in Chemistry. He entered New York University School of Medicine under the Merit Scholarship Program for medical students interested in careers in medical research. He did his medical internship and junior residency at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a clinical associate at the National Heart Institute of the National Institutes of Health, while serving as a member of the United States Public Health Service. In 1965, he returned to Harvard as a fellow in the Department of Biochemistry in Cambridge. He returned to the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston in 1968, being promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor. In 1969, he accepted a tenured position at the Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, in which he served until 1975, leaving at the rank of Professor.

Dr. Gottlieb was recognized for his contributions nationally and internationally. He authored over 100 scientific papers and presentations. He was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, and a Traveling Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine. He served on numerous scientific editorial boards and as a member of the federal governments Breast Cancer Task Force. He served as a consultant to other government agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration.

Dr. Gottlieb was the recipient of many awards, including the Alpha Omega Alpha First Prize for highest scholastic standing over his four year course of medical study, a National Institute of General Medicine Research Career Development Award, and the Frances Stone Burns award from the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Gottlieb is survived by his wife of 40 years, Marise S. Gottlieb, M.D. (nee Suss), and two children, Mindy Gottlieb Davidson, Esq. and her husband Joshua Davidson, Esq., of Houston, Texas and Joanne Meredith Gottlieb of New York, as well as two grandchildren, Melissa Beth Davidson and Karen Leslie Davidson of Houston, Texas.

Funeral services were held at Riverside Chapel, at 1:00 PM on June 8 in New York City.