Background
ARCE, José was born on October 15, 1881 in Lobería, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Photos
- Works
Main Photo
José Arce
src="/web/img/loading.gif" data-src="/web/show-photo.jpg?id=12233&cache=false" alt="Other photo of José Arce" class="gallery__img" height="167"
Other photo of José Arce
Albert Einstein, José Arce and Angel Gallardo, during a conference at the National College of Buenos Aires (1925).
- Photos
- Works
José Arce
Edit ProfileDiplomat physician politician President of the United Nations General Assembly
José Arce (15 October 1881 – 27 July 1968) was an Argentine physician, politician and diplomat. He held the position of the President of the United Nations General Assembly during the Second special session of the United Nations General Assembly - between 16 April 1948 and 21 September 1948. Member and officer of numerous scientific and learned societies in Argentina and in foreign countries.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, 1903. Doctor honoris causa, University of Madrid, 1924, University of Rio de Janeiro, 1926. Doctor of Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1937.
M.D (honorary) University of Johan Wolfgang Goethe, Frankfurth am Main, 1936.
Career
Assistant professor clinical surgery University of Buenos Aires, 1907-1919, professor, 1919-1923, became director Institute of Clinical Surgery, 1923, rector of university, 1922-1926, vice rector, 1936-1938. Member Council Faculty of Medical Sciences, 1918-1945, professor of descriptive anatomy, 1907-1910, of clinical surgery, 1919-1941, of thoracic surgery, 1942-1945. Chief of emergency surgical services, Hospital Norte, 1904.
Chief of surgical service for member Hospital Juan A. Fernandez, 1905. Chief of surgical service for women Hospital Teodoro Alvarez, 1905-1910, of surgical service for men, 1910-1911. Chief of general surgical service Hospital de Clinicas, Faculty of Medical Sciences of University of Buenos Aires, 1923-1941.
Visiting professor of exchange professor to universities in Paris, Rumania, Paraguay, Mexico and other foreign countries, 1907-1945. Also delegate to, and speaker before numerous international conferences and foreign learned societies. Deputy to legislature, Buenos Aires, 1909-1913, president Chamber of Deputies, 1912-1913.
Deputy of Province of Buenos Aires to National Congress, 1913-1920, 1923-1928, 1934-1938. Vice president National Chamber of Deputies, 1926-1927. Ambassador for Argentina to China, 1945-1946.
President Argentine delegation to General Assembly of United Nations, also permanent chief delegate to United Nations, with rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, since September 1946.
Works
Other Work
Membership
Member and officer of numerous scientific and learned societies in Argentina and in foreign countries. Member: Society Médica Argentina (ex-president), Asociación Argentina de Cirugía, Real Academy, de Medicina de Sevilla (Spain), Asociación de Escritores Médicos de Madrid (honorary president). Member of medical socs, in Brazil, France, Ecuador, Italy, Rumania, United States, Uruguay, Mexico, Chile.
Connections
Married Amelia Bazan, October 27, 1938.
-
Born
-
Died
July, 1968 (aged 86) -
Nationality
Argentinian -
Ethnicity
Education
Career
-
1905
-
1909 - 1913
-
1911
-
1913 - 1938
-
1922 - 1926
-
1945
-
1946 - 1949
Awards
-
Decorated Gran Cruz de la Orden de Alfonso XII (Spain), Commander Legion of Honor (France), Commander Orden de la Corona (Italy), Commander Orden de la Estrella, Gran Cruz de la Orden de la Corona (Rumania), Cruz del Defensor (Paraguay), Grand Official of Orden al Merito (Chile), Official of Orden del Crucero del Sud (Brazil), Commander Orden del Libertador (Venesuela), Commander Orden de Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Panama).Decorated Gran Cruz de la Orden de Alfonso XII (Spain), Commander Legion of Honor (France), Commander Orden de la Corona (Italy), Commander Orden de la Estrella, Gran Cruz de la Orden de la Corona (Rumania), Cruz del Defensor (Paraguay), Grand Official of Orden al Merito (Chile), Official of Orden del Crucero del Sud (Brazil), Commander Orden del Libertador (Venesuela), Commander Orden de Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Panama).