Kazys Bobelis

Kazys Jaunutis Bobelis ( born March 4, 1923 in Kaunas, † September 30, 2013 in Chicago ) was a Lithuanian surgeon and politician.

Life

His father Jurgis Bobelis (1885-1954) was a colonel.

Kazys Bobelis graduated from the Jonas Jablonski's Primary School and the " Aušros " Boy Gymnasium in Kaunas. He studied medicine at the Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas and the Universities of Graz and Tübingen. In 1948 he received his doctorate at the University of Tübingen with "summa cum laude". In 1949 he came to the U.S., lived in Chicago and specialized as a surgeon.

From 1962 to 1972 he was professor of clinical surgery at Loyola University Chicago. From 1978 to 1991 he was a private doctor.

He returned in 1992 after Lithuania back. He operated at the University Hospital in Antakalnis. From 1992 until 1 June 2006 he was a member of the Seimas; he resigned. He was the oldest member there and therefore initiated the first Seimas sessions. In 2006 he joined the fraction of Valstiečiai liaudininkai the opposition faction Liberalai demokratai. In 1997 he ran for the presidency.

From 1996 to 2000 he was president of Lietuvos beisbolo Asociacija.

Member of Krikščionių demokratų sąjunga he was from 1991 to 2001 and then chairman of the Lietuvos krikščionių demokratų partija.

He was married. With his wife, Dalia, he had the daughters Aldona, Alena, Rūta and the sons of Jonas and Algis.

Awards

Works

• Determining the diameter of red blood cells at the end of pregnancy, during labor and in the puerperium. Tübingen, Med F., Diss v. 25, Feb. 1948