Jaime Jaramillo Arango
Jaime Jaramillo Arango (January 17, 1897 – July 30, 1962) was a Colombian professor of medicine and surgery, author, diplomat, and politician. He was dean of medicine of the National University of Colombia and Director of the same institution, pioneer of modern medicine, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Colombian foreign policy during the Second World War, Minister of education, and founder of the Anglo Colombian School.
Jaime Jaramillo Arango | |
|---|---|
| 1st Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office June/July 1943 – December 9, 1945 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Succeeded by | Darío Echandía |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the United Kingdom | |
| In office September 4, 1940 – 1943 | |
| Monarch | George VI |
| President | Eduardo Santos Montejo (1940–1942) Alfonso López Pumarejo (1943) |
| Prime Minister | Winston Churchill |
| Permanent Delegate of Colombia to the League of Nations | |
| In office 1939–1940 | |
| President | Eduardo Santos Montejo |
| Permanent Delegate of Colombia to UNESCO | |
| In office November 1, 1945 – December 9, 1945 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo |
| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Germany | |
| In office June 1938 – December 1938 | |
| President | Alfonso López Pumarejo (Jun.-Aug.) Eduardo Santos Montejo (Aug.-Dec.) |
| Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to Denmark | |
| In office 1938–1945 | |
| Monarch | Christian X |
| President | Eduardo Santos Montejo (1938–1942) Alfonso López Pumarejo (1942–1945) |
| Minister Plenipotentiary of Colombia to the Governments-in-exile of Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland, based in London | |
| In office 1940–1945 | |
| President | Eduardo Santos Montejo (1940–1942) Alfonso López Pumarejo (1942–1945) |
| Minister of National Education of Colombia | |
| In office May 29, 1934 – August 6, 1934 | |
| President | Enrique Olaya Herrera |
| Rector of the National University of Colombia | |
| In office 1949–1950 | |
| Senator of Colombia | |
| In office 1951–1955 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 17, 1897 Manizales, Colombia |
| Died | July 30, 1962 (aged 65) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Spouses | Carolina Cárdenas Núñez
(m. 1932)María José Nemry von Thenen
(m. 1948) |
| Alma mater | National University of Colombia |
| Occupation | Professor, politician, author, diplomat, surgeon |
| Profession | Medicine, Surgery |
Professor Jaramillo Arango wrote several books of medicine and botany. The most important was “The British Contribution to Medicine” that studied the investigations and discoveries of several Nobel laureates: penicillin, by Alexander Fleming; malaria, by Ronald Ross; paludrine, by F. H. Curd, D. G. Davey, and F. L. Rose; vitamins, by Gowland Hopkins; and stilboestrol, by Robert Robinson and Charles Dodds. The foreword of Jaramillo's book was written by Sir Arthur MacNalty, British Chief Medical Officer of the British government.
Jaramillo Arango became the Permanent Delegate of Colombia to the League of Nations, and Permanent Delegate of Colombia to the First Assembly of the UNESCO in London, in November 1945, where he proposed the creation of the United Nations University. In 1973 the United Nations University, UNU, started to work as the academic research arm of the United Nations, with diplomatic status. Its missión was since the beginning to help human development and welfare through education.