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RAJCHMAN, Ludwik Witold

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  • 1. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  • 2. The College of Wooster, United States
  • 3. Geneva, Switzerland

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Polish microbiologist, Director of the League of Nations Health Organization 1921-1939 and initiator of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Was born 1 November 1881 in Warsaw, Poland and passed away 13 July 1965 in Chenu, France. He was the son of Aleksander Rajchman, editor of a musical and literary magazine, and Melania Amalia Hirszfeld, journalist. On 8 September 1904 he married Maria Klotylda Bojanczyk, medical student, with whom he had two daughters and one son. Entry in IO BIO, Biographical Dictionary of Secretaries-General of International Organizations.

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