Adán Nigaglioni Loyola

Adán Nigaglioni Loyola (January 12, 1930, Peñuelas, Puerto Rico – May 18, 2016) was a Puerto Rican doctor and educator.[1][2]

Adán Nigaglioni Loyola
Born
Adán Nigaglioni Loyola

(1930-01-12)January 12, 1930
DiedMay 18, 2016(2016-05-18) (aged 86)
NationalityPuerto Rican / American
Occupationdoctor and educator.

He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in 1954 where he was top of his class.[3] He did his internship at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity. He was the first Puerto Rican and first alumni to be dean of the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine from 1963-67. In 1967, he became the first rector of the newly formed University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus.[4]

Selected writings

  • Apuntes Históricos Sobre la Fundación de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (Vol 20, No 1 (2001): March - Cincuentenario de la Fundación de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico)

References

  1. Notice of death of Dr Adán Nigaglioni Loyola; accessed June 2, 2016. (in Spanish)
  2. Dialogando con el doctor Adán Nigaglioni, Rector Emeritus Archived 2016-06-29 at the Wayback Machine; accessed June 2, 2016. (in Spanish)
  3. Torres, Victor (2000). No quiero decir adiós: memorias de un hablador (in Spanish). University of Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico. p. 402. ISBN 0-8477-0184-0.
  4. "La Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Instituto de Historia de las Ciencias de la Salud (IHICIS)/UPR Recinto de Ciencias Médicas. Retrieved May 20, 2016.


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