A hundred years ago, on 20 January 1920, Bydgoszcz officially regained the status of a Polish city after 148 years of annexation to Prussia. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of this return to the Motherland, the title of Distinguished Citizens of Bydgoszcz was awarded to outstanding individuals who contributed to the development of the city and served Poland and the Polish cause.
A hundred years ago, on 20 January 1920, Bydgoszcz officially regained the status of a Polish city after 148 years of annexation to Prussia. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of this return to the Motherland, the title of Distinguished Citizens of Bydgoszcz was awarded to outstanding individuals who contributed to the development of the city and served Poland and the Polish cause.
We are proud to announce that three academics whose lives were and are bound to NCU Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz (formerly: Ludwik Rydygier Medical University) have been honoured with this distinction.
Prof. Jan Domaniewski (1928- 2009) – the main founder and first rector of the Ludwik Rydygier Medical University in Bydgoszcz; professor of medical sciences; specialist in pathology; doctor honoris causa of the Alma Mater; rector of the university for four terms of office; head of the Department of Clinical Pathology of the former Ludwik Rydygier Medical University; professor at the Department of Tumour Pathology and Pathomorphology of NCU Collegium Medicum; member of the Polish Society of Pathologists, the Bydgoszcz Scientific Society, and the Warsaw Uprising Remembrance Association in Bydgoszcz.
Prof. Zygmunt Mackiewicz (1931 – 2015) – co-founder of the Ludwik Rydygier Medical University in Bydgoszcz; professor of medical sciences; specialist in vascular surgery; doctor honoris causa of the Nicolaus Copernicus University; former head of the Department of General and Vascular Surgery; significant contributor to the development of healthcare administration in the region; professor at the 2nd Department of Cardiology at NCU Collegium Medicum.
Prof. Marek Harat – neurosurgeon; professor of medical sciences; reserve colonel of the Polish Army; researcher at the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology at NCU Collegium Medicum; head of the Neurosurgical Clinic of the 10th Military Research Hospital in Bydgoszcz; author of numerous scientific papers and novel neurosurgical techniques (including in the scope of psychosurgery and deep brain stimulation).