Background
Ríman, Josef was born on January 30, 1925 in Horni Suchá, Karviná, Czechoslovakia. Son of Alois and Hilda (Glaserová) Ríman.
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Josef Ríman
Josef RIMAN, scientist. State Prize (twice) and other state orders. Czechoslovak Academy, of Sciences 89; Central Committee CP of Czechoslovakia 1986-1989; Indian Academy, of Sciences 1989.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Czechoslovak Academy Science, Prague, 1955. Doctor of Science in Chemistry, Czechoslovak Academy Science, Prague, 1966.
Doctor of Science in Biology (honorary), J.E. Purkyne University, Brno, Czechoslovakia, 1987.
Career
Research physician 1st Clinic Pediatrics Charles University, Prague, 1950-1951, professor medical faculty, 1967-1972. Senior scientist Institute Organic Chemistry Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1951-1974, founder, director Institute Molecular Genetics, 1976—1991, science secretary, 1978-1981, vice president, 1981-1986, president, 1986-1990. Visiting professor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1968.
Academy representative United Nations Educational, 1980-1986. Czechoslovak national representative International Council of Scientific Unions, 1982-1984. Deputy House Nations Federal Assembly, Prague, 1986—1989.
Chairman commission INTERKOSMOS, 1986—1990. Founder Czechosclovak Biochemistry Retroviruses Institute Molecular Genetics, Prague. Participant United Nations Educational Symposium Science and Culture 21st Century, Vancouver, Canada, 1989.
Works
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Member editorial board Neoplasma Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1967, Acta Virologica, 1970, Biologica, 1982, Cancer Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1985. Chairman, chief editor: Czechoslovak Encyclopaedia, 1986-1990. Contributor articles to professional journals.
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Membership
Fellow: Indian National Science Academy (foreign). Member: Academician, Central European Academy of Sciences, Art and Letters (Paris) (vice president 2009), G. W. Liebniz Society, German Society Biological Chemistry (foreign), Czechoslovak Society Immunology (honorary), Hungarian Academy of Sciences (honorary), Slovak Society Biochemistry (honorary), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (chief editor Folia Biologica 1975, G. J. Mendel Gold plaque 1975, Gold pin G. W. Leibniz 2005, medal of Honor, numerous others), Russian Academy of Sciences (foreign, M. L. Lomonosov Gold medal 1987).
Interests
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History of science.
Connections
Married Vera Tomková, July 16, 1950.
- Father:
- Alois Ríman
- Mother:
- Hilda (Glaserová) Ríman
- Spouse:
- Vera Tomková
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Born
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Nationality
Czechoslovak
Education
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1950
Charles University , Doctor of Medicine -
1955
Czechoslovak Acad Science , Doctor of Philosophy -
1966
Czechoslovak Acad Science , in chemistry -
1987
J.E. Purkyne University , in biology
Career
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1950 - 1951
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1951 - 1974
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1968
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1980 - 1986
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1982 - 1984
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Awards
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Recipient State prize, Government of Czechoslovakia, 1969, 1977, J. E. Purkeyne medal, 1979, Order of Labor, 1983, J. E. Purkyne Silver medal, Czechoslovak Medical Society, 1986, Gold medal, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1989, State prize, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1978, Gold G. Dimitrov medal, Government of Bulgaria, 1986, Gold Einstein-Russel Pugwash medal, Pugwash Conference, 1987, Hippocrates medal, Kyoto University Medical School, 1988, J. E. Fogarty medal, National Institutes of Health, 1988, Gold medal, Nagoya University Medical School, 1990, Kunio Yagi Gold Memorial medal, 1990.Recipient State prize, Government of Czechoslovakia, 1969, 1977, J. E. Purkeyne medal, 1979, Order of Labor, 1983, J. E. Purkyne Silver medal, Czechoslovak Medical Society, 1986, Gold medal, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 1989, State prize, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1978, Gold G. Dimitrov medal, Government of Bulgaria, 1986, Gold Einstein-Russel Pugwash medal, Pugwash Conference, 1987, Hippocrates medal, Kyoto University Medical School, 1988, J. E. Fogarty medal, National Institutes of Health, 1988, Gold medal, Nagoya University Medical School, 1990, Kunio Yagi Gold Memorial medal, 1990.