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Pierre Nolf<br />
1930-1934<br />
Pierre Nolf served as Chairman of the Standing Commission from October 1930 until October<br />
1934. Nolf was a doctor of medicine and former government minister who tended civilian<br />
and military casualties in World War One. After the war, he returned to working at<br />
universities and became a professor but his main interest was scientific research. In 1922 he<br />
was appointed Belgian Minister of Sciences and Art. In 1925, Nolf was nominated by royal<br />
decree as President of the Belgian Red Cross. His presidency saw an expansion of existing Red<br />
Cross services and the creation of others, such as an ambulance service. He remained<br />
President until 1945. Nolf, who obtained his medical degree at the University of Liege in<br />
1896, was a member of several prestigious institutions in Belgium, including the Royal<br />
Academy for Sciences and the Royal Academy for Medicine. 11 Nolf was born on July 26 th 1873<br />
in Ypres and died in Brussels on September 14 th 1953. 12<br />
11 http://www.redcross.int/en/history/not_Nolf.asp<br />
12 Standing Commission<br />
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