Duke Flags Lowered: Jacob Joseph Blum, Physiology Professor Emeritus, Dies

Jacob Joseph Blum, a James B. Duke professor emeritus of physiology at Duke University who delved into numerous fields of inquiry, died on August 16 in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was 95. His family confirmed the death, saying that his spirits remained high, but that his physical health deteriorated after several bad falls in the past year.