Iuliu Hațieganu
| Iuliu Hațieganu | |
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| Born |
April 14, 1885 Magyarderzse, Austria-Hungary (now Dârja, Romania)
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| Died | September 4, 1959 (aged 74) Cluj, Romanian People's Republic
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| Resting place | Hajongard cemetery |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Alma mater | Babeș-Bolyai University |
| Occupation | Physician, teacher |
| Known for | Research into tuberculosis |
| Relatives | Emil Hațieganu (brother) |
Iuliu Hațieganu (April 14, 1885 in Dârja, Cluj County – September 4, 1959 in Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian internist doctor particularly recognized for research done in the field of tuberculosis. He founded in Cluj-Napoca a valuable school of internal medicine. Today, Cluj University of Medicine and Pharmacy bears his name. He was a member of the Romanian Academy and brother of politician Emil Hațieganu.
Iuliu Hațieganu was born on April 14, 1885 in the village of Dârja in the Someș Valley, the fifth of 13 children of the Greek Catholic priest Hațieganu. He began studying at Blaj, where he had as colleague the future bishop Iuliu Hossu, then studied at the Faculty of Medicine of Franz Joseph University. After completing his doctorate in 1910, he became assistant to professor Zsigmond Puryesz. Since 1914 he was known for performing a study on alimentary galactosury. In 1918, during the Great Union of December 1, Iuliu took part in the Grand National Assembly, where he has urged his colleagues to hold a congress of Transylvanian Romanian doctors. The event was chaired by young doctor on January 29, 1919 in Sibiu.
His outstanding merits and Puryesz's vision helped Iuliu Hațieganu to become professor of medical clinic at the University of Cluj and first dean of the Faculty of Medicine between 1919 and 1920. In 1929, Professor Iuliu Hațieganu took over the Cluj branch of Transylvanian Association for Romanian Literature and Romanian People (ASTRA).
In the early '30s, he became rector of the University of Cluj, focusing his activity on the importance of a special role of physical education in institutions of higher education. His belief was so strong that in order to attract young people to embrace this bold idea, he organized thematic conferences, published a journal of education, built a sports park in Cluj, hired four physical education teachers. In 1935, Professor Hațieganu wrote: It turned out that physical education is the best method of education, that synergically contribute to strengthening of body and soul, to character building...
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