Adán Nigaglioni Loyola
Adán Nigaglioni Loyola | |
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| Born | Adán Nigaglioni Loyola January 12, 1930 |
| Died | May 18, 2016 (aged 86) |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican / American |
| Occupation | doctor and educator. |
Adán Nigaglioni Loyola (January 12, 1930, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico – May 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican doctor and educator.[1][2]
He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1954 where he was top of his class.[3] He did his internship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. He was the first Puerto Rican and first alumni to be dean of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine from 1963-67. In 1967, he became the first rector of the newly formed University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.[4]
Selected writings[]
- Apuntes Históricos Sobre la Fundación de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (Vol 20, No 1 (2001): March - Cincuentenario de la Fundación de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico)
References[]
- ^ Notice of death of Dr Adán Nigaglioni Loyola; accessed June 2, 2016. (in Spanish)
- ^ Dialogando con el doctor Adán Nigaglioni, Rector Emeritus Archived 2016-06-29 at the Wayback Machine; accessed June 2, 2016. (in Spanish)
- ^ Torres, Victor (2000). No quiero decir adiós: memorias de un hablador (in Spanish). University of Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico. p. 402. ISBN 0-8477-0184-0.
- ^ "La Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Instituto de Historia de las Ciencias de la Salud (IHICIS)/UPR Recinto de Ciencias Médicas. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
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