The Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and its Member Biographies updated 11 January
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
Interesting biographies about current and previous members of the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
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Pierre Nolf<br />
1930-1934<br />
Pierre Nolf served as Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>St<strong>and</strong>ing</strong> <strong>Commission</strong> from October 1930 until October<br />
1934. Nolf was a doctor <strong>of</strong> medicine <strong>and</strong> former government minister who tended civilian<br />
<strong>and</strong> military casualties in World War One. After <strong>the</strong> war, he returned to working at<br />
universities <strong>and</strong> became a pr<strong>of</strong>essor but his main interest was scientific research. In 1922 he<br />
was appointed Belgian Minister <strong>of</strong> Sciences <strong>and</strong> Art. In 1925, Nolf was nominated by royal<br />
decree as President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Belgian <strong>Red</strong> <strong>Cross</strong>. His presidency saw an expansion <strong>of</strong> existing <strong>Red</strong><br />
<strong>Cross</strong> services <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> creation <strong>of</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, such as an ambulance service. He remained<br />
President until 1945. Nolf, who obtained his medical degree at <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Liege in<br />
1896, was a member <strong>of</strong> several prestigious institutions in Belgium, including <strong>the</strong> Royal<br />
Academy for Sciences <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Royal Academy for Medicine. <strong>11</strong> Nolf was born on July 26 th 1873<br />
in Ypres <strong>and</strong> died in Brussels on September 14 th 1953. 12<br />
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