Wilhelm Holczabek
Wilhelm Holczabek (born May 8, 1918 in Vienna ; † July 17, 2001 ibid) was an Austrian forensic doctor and university professor.
Life
Wilhelm Holczabek grew up in Vienna and graduated in 1936. He then studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1942. The following year, he began studying forensic medicine in Vienna. He only worked briefly at the 1st Medical University Clinic under Ernst Lauda . Then he worked again on forensic medicine. In 1965 he became an associate professor. In 1973 he became head of the Institute for Forensic Medicine after Leopold Breitenecker .
Holczabek was rector of the University of Vienna from 1981 to 1985 and dean of the medical faculty from 1986 to 1989. At the Institute for Forensic Medicine in Vienna , he followed his teacher Leopold Breitenecker as director in 1973 . He held the chair until 1989. As a coroner, he also carried out numerous international investigations. For a decade he was president of the Society of Doctors in Vienna , whose modernization, democratization and digitization he pushed forward together with H.Kritz . The Society of Doctors is commemorating him and the award named after him for the first time in 2018 (annually) for extraordinary commitment to society.
He was married to Luci Neudecker, an actress at the Theater in der Josefstadt .
Holczabek is buried at the cemetery in Hinterbrühl.
Awards
Works
- Forensic medicine - parent discipline of peer review medicine , 1992.
literature
- Georg Bauer: Festschrift for Wilhelm Holczabek , Verlag Deuticke Vienna 1988.
Web links
- Entry on Wilhelm Holczabek in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- In memoriam Wilhelm Holczabek in the Antibiotikamonitor 4/2001 (pdf; 353 kB)
- Ex-Uni-Vienna rector Wilhelm Holczabek has died
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holczabek, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian coroner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 17, 2001 |
| Place of death | Vienna |