Alireza Afzalipour
Alireza Afzalipour | |
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Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman and philanthropy |
Alireza Afzalipour (26 March 1909 – 7 April 1993) (
Kerman Medical University
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He died aged 84 in 1993.
Education
He was born in Tafresh and attended schools in Tehran. Having been granted a scholarship by the Iranian government, he then went to France to study. In 1937, he graduated with a BSc in general chemistry and an MSc in agricultural chemistry. He returned to Iran after finishing his studies in France.
Career
He established his business in electronic products which made him a wealthy man.
University
He planned to build a university and started his research by closely visiting 11 universities in
rial donation at the time. The university was officially opened on 15 September 1985. Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman founded by him, is now one of the biggest universities in Iran and the region. The Medical School of the Kerman University of Medical Sciences and a 350-bed hospital in Kerman
now bear his name.
Personal life
His wife was Fakhereh Saba, an opera singer and university lecturer, who died on 14 July 2007 at age 82.
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