A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar

Sir Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar B.A., M.D., D.Sc., F.R.C.O.G., F.A.C.S. (1887 – 1974) was an Indian educationist and physician with notable international and academic roles.A.L.Mudaliar pursued his education from the prestigious Madras Christian College. He was an identical twin brother of Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar. He was the longest serving Vice-Chancellor of Madras University (for 27 years) and principal of Madras Medical College. He was also the Deputy Leader of the Indian delegation to the First World Health Assembly in Geneva in 1948. He was elected as the chairman of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Executive Board in 1949 and 1950, was Vice-President of the Eighth World Health Assembly in 1955 and President of the Fourteenth World Health Assembly. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan.

Textbooks

• Clinical Obstetrics first edition 1938; later revised as Mudaliar and Menon, 10th edition, ISBN 81-250-2870-6

See also

• Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
• Mudaliar

References

• S. Muthiah, Achievements in double The Hindu, Oct 13, 2003 accessed at [1] August 3, 2006
• The Second Decade, 50 years of WHO in SE Asia, accessed at [2] August 3, 2006
• Dr. Vedagiri Shanmugasundaram, Life and Times of the Great Twins: Dr. Sir. A. Ramasamy and Dr. Sir. A. Lakshmanasamy, The Modern Rationalist, November 2004, accessed at [3] August 3, 2006
• Bio details from honorary degree at Hong Kong University [4]
• Bio details from honorary doctorate of civil laws degree at Oxford University