Wiesław Skrzydło - Rector of the Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin
Wiesław Skrzydło - Rector of the Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin

Summary/Abstract: One of the first decisions of the Polish Committee of National Liberation [Polski Komitet Wyzwolenia Narodowego] during the Second World War was the establishment of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. It was supposed to be a secular college created from scratch. Over the seventy-five years of its operation UMCS has been constantly developing. One of the reasons is the fact that it has been managed by such rectors as Wiesław Skrzydło. He held this function from 1972 to 1981. It was the second longest term of office of one rector in the university’s history, after the ten-year rule of Professor Grzegorz Leopold Seidler. The purpose of this article is to present the profile of Professor Wiesław Skrzydło as the rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. It contains an outline of the biography as well as a presentation of the development of the university and the objectives for the term of office of Rector Skrzydło. It also describes his achievements at the didactic, scientific and organizational level.

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