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Professor Roland Levinsky (16 October 1943 – 1 January 2007) was an academic researcher in biomedicine and a university senior manager. His last post, which he held at the time of his death, was as vice-chancellor of the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom. He was born in South Africa to Jewish parents. His father emigrated from the Lithuania/Poland area to South Africa to escape persecution; many of his relatives died in Nazi-German death camps. Professor Levinsky noted that "Father was a communist and we had our fair share of police raids."
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| dbo:abstract | Professor Roland Levinsky (16 October 1943 – 1 January 2007) was an academic researcher in biomedicine and a university senior manager. His last post, which he held at the time of his death, was as vice-chancellor of the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom. He was born in South Africa to Jewish parents. His father emigrated from the Lithuania/Poland area to South Africa to escape persecution; many of his relatives died in Nazi-German death camps. Professor Levinsky noted that "Father was a communist and we had our fair share of police raids." Professor Levinsky was killed in an accident while out walking in stormy weather with his wife, on New Year's Day 2007. High winds blew down overhead power cables in a field near his house in Wembury, and a live cable touched him, causing his electrocution. Levinsky's initial specialisation was as a paediatrician, and he became a world leader in research on immunodeficiency diseases. He worked for several years at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London where he performed Britain's first successful bone marrow transplant. Subsequently, from 1990, he served as dean and director of research at the Institute of Child Health of University College, London, and from 1999 until his appointment to Plymouth, as Vice-Provost for Biomedicine and Head of the Graduate School of the college. He had over 250 scientific publications to his credit. On his appointment as the University of Plymouth's second vice-chancellor in September 2002, Levinsky set himself to lift the university from its then position as one of the leading post-1992 universities to rival much older and more research-intensive institutions. To do so, he was willing to take unpopular decisions, such as the concentration of the university's teaching (outside the health arena) in Plymouth itself, with the closure of its campuses in Exeter, Newton Abbot (the former Seale-Hayne Agricultural College), and Exmouth (the former Rolle College of Education, moved to Plymouth in 2008). These moves undoubtedly gave Plymouth more the structure of the longer-established UK universities, and its position in the education media's league tables rose sharply in his period of office. The new Arts building, opened in September 2007 was named The Roland Levinsky Building in his honour. A memorial fund was also established in his name. (en) Roland Levinsky (Bloemfontein, África do Sul, 16 de outubro de 1943 - , Devon, Inglaterra, 1 de janeiro de 2007) foi um pesquisador académico em biomedicina e um alto administrador universitário. O seu último posto, o qual desempenhava na época da sua morte, era o de vice-reitor da no Reino Unido. Levinsky nasceu na África do Sul, filho de pais judeus. O seu pai emigrou da zona da Lituânia/Polónia para a África do Sul para escapar de perseguições; muitos dos seus parentes morreram em campos de morte. O Professor Levinsky anotou que "o pai foi um comunista e nós tivemos a nossa cota de raids policiais". A especialização inicial de Levinsky foi como pediatra, e tornou-se um líder na pesquisa em desordens relacionadas com a Imunodeficiência. Trabalhou durante vários anos no Great Ormond Street Hospital em Londres. Subsequentemente, a partir de 1990, ele serviu como académico e Director de Pesquisa no da , e a partir de 1999 até à sua nomeação para Plymouth, como vice-reitor porBiomedicina e líder da "Graduate School" do colégio. Ele teve creditadas mais de 250 publicações científicas publicadas. Na sua nomeação para segundo vice-reitor da Universidade de Plymouth em setembro de 2002, Levinsky serviu ele próprio para elevar a universidade desde a sua posição de uma das principais universidades pós-1992 para rival de instituições mais antigas e instituições com pesquisa mais intensiva. Para fazer isso, mostrou-se disposto a tomar decisões impopulares, tais como a contratação de professores universitários (fora da áres da saúde) na própria Plymouth, com a conclusão dos campus em Exeter, (a antiga Agricultural College), e (a antiga of Education, devendo mudar para Plymouth em 2008). Essas mudanças deram sem dúvida a Plymouth a estrutura das desde há muito estabelecidas universidades britânicas. O Professor Levinsky morreu aos 63 anos num acidente enquanto enquanto caminhava com a sua esposa num clima tempestuoso, no Dia de Ano Novo de 2007. Ventos fortes fizeram cair cabos de alta tensão perto da sua casa em , e um dos cabos tocou-lhe provocando-lhe a morte por eletrocussão. (pt) |
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| rdfs:comment | Professor Roland Levinsky (16 October 1943 – 1 January 2007) was an academic researcher in biomedicine and a university senior manager. His last post, which he held at the time of his death, was as vice-chancellor of the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom. He was born in South Africa to Jewish parents. His father emigrated from the Lithuania/Poland area to South Africa to escape persecution; many of his relatives died in Nazi-German death camps. Professor Levinsky noted that "Father was a communist and we had our fair share of police raids." (en) Roland Levinsky (Bloemfontein, África do Sul, 16 de outubro de 1943 - , Devon, Inglaterra, 1 de janeiro de 2007) foi um pesquisador académico em biomedicina e um alto administrador universitário. O seu último posto, o qual desempenhava na época da sua morte, era o de vice-reitor da no Reino Unido. O Professor Levinsky morreu aos 63 anos num acidente enquanto enquanto caminhava com a sua esposa num clima tempestuoso, no Dia de Ano Novo de 2007. Ventos fortes fizeram cair cabos de alta tensão perto da sua casa em , e um dos cabos tocou-lhe provocando-lhe a morte por eletrocussão. (pt) |
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