Background
Obal, Ferenc Francis was born on September 28, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Ferenc and Anna (Barczy) Obal.
Obal, Ferenc Francis was born on September 28, 1916 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Ferenc and Anna (Barczy) Obal.
Doctor of Medicine, Pazmany Peter University, 1940. Doctor of Philosophy, Pazmany Peter University, 1939. Doctor of Science, Academy of Sciences, 1967.
Doctor of Medicine honoris causa, Tg-M., 1996.
Assistant professor physiology University Kolozsvar, Hungary, 1940—1945. Professor physiology University Bolyai, Tirgu-Mures, Romania, 1945-1953, Institute Neurosurgery, Budapest, Hungary, 1954-1958, University Szent-Györgyi, Szeged, Hungary, 1958-1986, professor emeritus, since 1986. Head University Bolyai department physiology and pharmacology, 1947-1948, 48-53.
Director Institute Conservation and Transfusion Blood, Tirgu-Mures, 1947-1948, Center Welfare of Students, Tirgu-Mures, 1945-1947.
Member European Sleep Research Society (honorary member, vice president 1986-1988), Hungarian Neurophysiol. Society (president 1971-1979). Pavloviai Society North America, Medical Academy Bucharest (honorary).
Married Magdolna Nagy, January 31, 1921. Children: Ferenc, Gyorgyi.