Joseph Jules Hoet

Background

Hoet, Joseph Jules was born on September 29, 1925 in Antwerp, Belgium. Son of Joseph Pierre and Marguerite (Havet) Hoet.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1961; Doctorate (honorary), Erciyes U., Kayseri, Turkey, 1995.

Career

British Council scholar department pathology, research student, Downing College, Cambridge, England, 1951-1952; research fellow, Harvard Medical School, 1952-1954, 54-56; assistant department medicine, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, 1952-1954, 54-56; associate chief clinic department medicine, U. Hospital St. Pierre U. Louvain, 1957-1969; chief clinic department medicine, U. Hospital St. Luc U. Louvain, Brussels, 1969-1990; director endocrine research unit faculty medicine, U. Louvain, 1957-1988; lecturer faculty medicine, U. Louvain, 1961; associate professor faculty medicine, U. Louvain, 1963; professor medicine faculty medicine, U. Louvain, 1969-1990; professor emeritus faculty medicine, U. Louvain, 1990; co-director faculty science department biology, World Health Organization Collaborating Center Development Biology Endocrine Pancreas, Louvain-la-Neuve, since 1988. Member Academia Nacional de Medecina, Buenos Aires, 1991.

Achievements

• Joseph Jules Hoet has been listed as a noteworthy Medical educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Regional director Europe, Associated Harvard Alumni, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1977-1983. War volunteer Belgian Army, 1944-1945. Fellow All India Institute for Diabetes, Royal Society Medicine London.

Mem.Academia Nacional de Medicina, Royal Academy Medicine Belgium (correspondent 1976, board directors 1976-1980, vice president 1992-1993, president 1994), American Diabetes Association, Endocrine Society, New York Academy Sciences, Fulbright Alumni Association (president since 1960), Harvard Club Belgium (president 1972-1974), Rotary Club Vesalius-Brussels (founder).

Interests

• Avocations: sports, history, art, traveling.

Connections

Married Godelieve Marie Brusselmans, September 19, 1951. Children: Francoise, Marie-Christine, Raphael, Benoit, Veronique, Matthieu.

Father:

Joseph Pierre Hoet

Mother:

Marguerite (Havet) Hoet

Spouse:

Godelieve Marie Brusselmans

child:

Francoise Hoet

child:

Marie-Christine Hoet

child:

Raphael Hoet

child:

Matthieu Hoet

child:

Veronique Hoet

child:

Benoit Hoet