Kazys Bobelis
Kazys Jaunutis Bobelis (born March 4, 1923 in Kaunas , † September 30, 2013 in Chicago ) was a Lithuanian surgeon and politician .
Life
His father Jurgis Bobelis (1885-1954) was a colonel and during the Holocaust in Kaunas in 1941 city commander.
Kazys Bobelis graduated from the Jonas Jablonskis elementary school and the “Aušros” junior high school in Kaunas . He studied medicine at the Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas and the universities of Graz and Tübingen . In 1948 he received his doctorate “summa cum laude” from the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . In 1949 he came to the USA, lived there in Chicago and specialized as a surgeon.
From 1962 to 1972 he was Professor of Clinical Surgery at Loyola University Chicago . From 1978 to 1991 he was a private doctor.
He returned to Lithuania in 1992 . He operated at the Municipal University Hospital in Antakalnis . From 1992 to June 1, 2006 he was a member of the Seimas ; he stepped back. In 2000 and 2004 he was the oldest member ( age president ) there and therefore chaired the first Seimas meetings. In 2006 he changed the faction from Valstiečiai liaudininkai to the opposition Liberalai demokratai faction . In 1997 he ran for president.
From 1996 to 2000 he was President of Lietuvos beisbolo asociacija .
He was a member of the Krikščionių Demokratieų sąjunga from 1991 to 2001 and then chairman of the Lietuvos krikščionių Demokratieų partija .
He was married. With his wife Dalia he had the daughters Aldona, Alena, Rūta and the sons Algis and Jonas.
Awards
- 1993: Order of the Vytis Cross
- 2004: Order of Vytautas the Great
- 2004: Honorary Citizen of Marijampolė
- Honorary member of the Association of Lithuanian Resignation Officers (Lietuvos kariuomenės atsargos karininkų sąjunga)
Works
- Determination of the diameter of red blood cells at the end of pregnancy, during childbirth and in the puerperium. Tübingen, Med. F., Diss. V. Feb 25, 1948
Individual evidence
- ↑ death
- ↑ Vyriausias parlamentaras K. Bobelis palieka Seima
- ^ Kazys Bobelis tapo Seimo Liberalų Demokratieų frakcijos nariu
- ^ Website at Seimas
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bobelis, Kazys |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bobelis, Kazys Jaunutis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian surgeon and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kaunas |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30th, 2013 |
| Place of death | Chicago |