- Alireza Afzalipour
Alireza Afzalipour (
26 March 1909 -7 April 1993 ) (PerB| علیرضا افضلیپور ) was anIran ian engineer, businessman and philanthropist who is known as the founder ofShahid Bahonar University of Kerman because of his financial support and outstanding donation to Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman as well asKerman Medical University .Education
He was born in
Tafresh and attended schools inTehran . Having been granted a scholarship by the Iranian government, he then went toFrance to study. In 1937 he graduated with a BSc in general chemistry and an MSc in agricultural chemistry. He returned toIran after finishing his studies in France.Career
He established his business in electronic products which made him a wealthy man. He planned to build a university and started his research by closely visiting 11 universities in
Europe and almost all of universities in Iran. He finally choseKerman for the location of the university he intended to build. After preliminary studies, about 50 hectares was allocated to the construction inDecember 25 ,1974 and the work began with his 600,000,000 Rials donation at the time. The university was officially opened onSeptember 15 1985 . The Medical School of theKerman Medical University and a 350-bed hospital inKerman now bear his name.Personal life
His wife was "Fakhereh Saba", an Opera singer and university lecturer, who died on
July 14 2007 at age 82.References
* [http://www.uk.ac.ir/Afzalipour.jsp University of Kerman, About Mr. Afzallipour]
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