Ludwik Rajchman
| Ludwik J. Rajchman |
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| Born |
(1881-11-01)1 November 1881
Warsaw, Poland |
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| Died |
13 July 1965(1965-07-13) (aged 83)
Chenu, Sarthe, France |
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| Residence |
 Poland,  Switzerland,  France |
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| Citizenship |
Polish |
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| Nationality |
Polish |
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| Fields |
Bacteriology |
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| Known for |
Co-founding UNICEF |
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Ludwik J. Rajchman (1 November 1881, Warsaw - 13 July 1965, Chenu, Sarthe) was a Polish physician and bacteriologist. He was born to Aleksander Rajchman, the first director of the Warsaw Philharmonic, and Melania Hirszfeld. He was from a family of assimilated Polish Jews. While the parents were agnostic, Ludwik was baptized at birth.[1] He is regarded as the founder of UNICEF,[2] and served as its first Chairman from 1946 to 1950. A cousin of Aleksander Rajchman, a Polish mathematician and Ludwik Hirszfeld, a Polish microbiologist. Father of Jan A. Rajchman, a Polish American computer scientist, inventor of magnetic-core memory.
In 1929 and 1930-1931, he served as a medical adviser to Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen. In 1931-1939, he was an expert of China's National Economic Council, which had been set up with the aid of the League of Nations to promote development. In 1940-1943, he was Song Ziwen's adviser as a special representative of China to the United States.[3]
See also
Further reading
- Balinska, Marta A. (1998). For the Good of Humanity : Ludwik Rajchman, Medical Statesman (Translated by Rebecca Howell). Budapest: Central European University Press. ISBN 978-9639116177.
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Chairmen (1946–1994) and Presidents (since 1994) of the UNICEF Executive Board |
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| | Chairmen |
- Ludwik Rajchman (1946–50)
- Adelaide Sinclair (1951–52)
- Auguste R. Lindt (1953– 54)
- Balachandra Rajan (1955–56)
- Mahmood Shafqat (1957–58)
- John Ryan (1959)
- F. Schnyder (1960)
- W. A. E. Green (1961)
- Miguel E. Bustamente (1962–63)
- Zena Harman (1964–66)
- Joseph W. Willard (1966–68)
- İhsan Doğramacı (1968–70)
- Nils Thedin (1970–72)
- Narciso G. Reyes (1972–74)
- Hans Conzett (1974–76)
- Antonio Ordoñez-Plaja (1976–77)
- Ferdinand L. Oyono (1977–78)
- Sadako Ogata (1978–79)
- Zaki Hasan (1979–80)
- Paal Bog (1980–81)
- Dragan Matelijak (1981–82)
- Hugo Scheltema (1982–83)
- Haydée Martínez de Osorio (1983–84)
- Richard Manning (1984–85)
- Anwarul K. Chowdhury (1985–86)
- Maurizio Bucci (1986–87)
- A.P. Maruping (1987–88)
- Makoto Taniguchi (1988)
- Torild Skard (1988–89)
- Margarita Dieguez (1989–90)
- Lisbet Palme (1990–91)
- Mira Seth (1991–92)
- Frederick Ward (1992–93)
- Anna Sermamba Makinda (1993–94)
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| | Presidents |
- Anna Sermamba Makinda (1993–94)
- Khalil Makkawi (1995)
- Ion Gorita (1996)
- Mercedes Pulido de Briceño (1997)
- Michael John Powles (1998)
- Ibrahim A. Gambari (1999)
- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (2000)
- Movses Abelian (2001)
- Andrés Franco (2002)
- Jenö Staehelin (2003)
- Lebohang K. Moleko (2004)
- Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi (2005)
- Andrei Dapkiunas (2006)
- Javier Loayza Barea (2007)
- Andres Lidén (2008)
- Oumar Daou (2009)
- Abulkalam Abdul Momen (2010)
- Sanja Štiglic (2011)
- John W. Ashe (2012)
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