Martin H:son Holmdahl

Martin H:son Holmdahl

Martin H:son Holmdahl (born 1923) is a Swedish professor emeritus of anesthesiology, who was rector magnificus of Uppsala university between 1978 and 1989.[1]

Holmdahl began his medical studies in Uppsala in 1942. In 1953 he became responsible for the anesthesiology department at the Academic Hospital in Uppsala,[2] and in 1956 his academic dissertation Pulmonary Uptake of Oxygen, Acid-base Metabolism, and Circulation During Prolonged Apnoea was published.[3] He became head of the anesthesiology department at Uppsala university in 1965, and in 1970 he was appointed prorektor. When Torgny T:son Segerstedt retired as vice chancellor of the university in 1978, Holmdahl was appointed as his successor, and he held the post until his retirement in 1989.

In 2003, Uppsala university instituted The Martin H:son Holmdahl Scholarship for the promotion of human rights and liberty, in honour of Holmdahl's 80th birthday.[4]

References

  1. ^ Martin H:son Holmdahl in Nationalencyklopedin (Swedish)
  2. ^ Fängslande om en lång livsresa, review in Upsala Nya Tidning of Holmdahl's autobiography (Swedish)
  3. ^ Bibliographic record in LIBRIS of Holmdahl's dissertation
  4. ^ The Martin H:son Holmdahl Scholarship (English)


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