Baló, Joseph (1895–1979)

English Names

Baló, Joseph

Original Names

Baló, József

Other Names

None

Date, Country, and City of Birth

Budapest, Hungary, 1895

Date, Country, and City of Death

Budapest, Hungary, 1979

History of Life

Joseph Baló graduated from the Medical Faculty of the University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary. Subsequently, he became resident and later assistant at the 1st Department of Pathology of the same University, led by Kálmán Buday. In 1923–1924, as Rockefeller Fellow, he studied virology and immunology in Baltimore and Boston, USA, as well as in several European countries. In 1926 he became Honorary Lecturer at the University. At the same time, he was the Head of the Department of Pathology of the Saint Stephen Hospital in Budapest. In 1927 Baló was appointed as Professor and Director of the Department of Pathology of the Ferenc József University of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary. Here he served twice as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and in 1939–1940 as Rector of the University. In 1946 he...