For the Good of Humanity

Ludwik Rajchman (1881-1965) pursued a career of service to humanity that should have made his name famous. Instead, he is largely unknown. How could a figure who occupied highly visible international positions for decades have become so invisible? According to Marta Bali ́nska, Rajchman's great-granddaughter, politics, both corporate and general, played the major role. Arguably, Ludwik Rajchman may have been the most political of physicians. His professional life was spent trying to improve the quality of life of a large part of the world's population. Yet there seem to be no Rajchman Awards or Prizes or Lectureships. He played a major role in the activities of the Health Section of the League of Nations. He was essentially the founder and was the first president of the United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund, UNICEF

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