Prof. Maciej DEMEL (honorary degree conferred on 16 February, 1993) - founder of the Polish Health Education School - a modern concept of physical education; graduated in physical education, pedagogy and medicine, took his doctoral and postdoctoral degree at the University of Warsaw; Associate Professor of Physical Education Sciences (1971) and full Professor (1979), author of several hundred research works into theory of physical education, health pedagogy and history of social medicine, academic at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University and Medical Academy in Lublin, Higher School of Physical Education in Krakow and Poznań, Higher School of Education in Kielce, Warsaw University and University School of Physical Education in Warsaw, awarded honorary doctorate from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow (16 February, 1993). |
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Prof. Stanisław PANEK (honorary degree conferred on 8 October, 1996) - MS in Physical Education, PhD of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Associate Professor and full Professor of Natural Sciences, the Home Army (Polish resistance organisation during WW II) soldier - awarded Virtuti Militari Cross and Partisan Cross, prisoner of a Siberian gulag (1944-1947), author of many treatises and founder of new research trends in anthropology, co-author of physical education science, worked as an academic from 1949, master and tutor of many research workers, Rector of the University School of Physical Education in Krakow (1969-1979), initiator of erecting its campus and facilities, received honorary degree from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow (8 October, 1996). |
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Prof. Ryszard PRZEWĘDA (honorary degree conferred on 5 October, 2001) – graduate of the University School of Physical Education in Warsaw, he took his doctoral and postdoctoral degree there, Professor at the University School of Physical Education in Warsaw, lecturer at Polish and foreign universities, prominent researcher on somatic and motor development, and the possibilities of their stimulation by physical activity, author of many original treatises on this subject, tutor of many research workers, a long-term chairman of the Committee for Physical Education Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of the World Federation of Physical Education Board, awarded honorary doctorate from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow (5 October, 2001). |
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Prof. Robert R. MALINA (honorary degree conferred on 16 October, 2001) - US citizen, holder of PhD in Physical Education and Anthropology, Professor of Kinesiology Department at Michigan State University, author of over 300 scientific publications in anthropology, kinesiology and theory of physical education, Doctor Honoris Causa at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Anthropological Society, awarded honorary doctorate from the University School of Physical Education in Krakow (6 October, 2001). |
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Prof. Krzysztof PRZECŁAWSKI (honorary degree conferred on 14 September, 2005) - MA in Law at Warsaw University, received doctoral and postdoctoral degree in humanities at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Associate Professor (1982), full Professor (1995), founder of the Polish School of Sociology of Tourism, held in the highest esteem as an academic both in Poland and abroad, traveller, lecturer and tutor of young generation, founder of the International Academy for the Study of Tourism (IAST, 1988), the first chairman of Polish Tourism Society, awarded Grand Cross, Cavalier Cross (1989) and the Order of Merits for Poland - Polonia Restituta (2001). |
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