Before entering the Harvard faculty, Bloch taught at the University of Chicago from 1946 to 1954.
Tenured in 1954, Bloch was Higgins Chair of Biochemistry until 1982.
He became the chair of the chemistry department in 1968.
In addition, he served as a professor of science at the Harvard School of Public Health from 1979 to 1984.
Dean of the Faculty of Public Health Barry R. Bloom, who was this year's Konrad Bloch lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, said one of Bloch's most important achievements was working out the pathway for the biosynthesis of cholesterol.
"It was one of the most challenging problems that had ever been undertaken in biochemistry at that point," Bloom wrote in an e-mail message. "His findings raised the level of complexity that could be dealt with in biochemistry."
Bloom called Bloch "a model of what a true scientist should be," saying his personal qualities were as stellar as his professional achievements.
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