Pentti I. Halonen

Wihuri International Prize 1961

PENTTI I. HALONEN
Medicine

Wihuri International Prize jointly with Väinö Hovi and Joonas Kokkonen

Born 27 April 1914 in Kuopio, Finland
Died 27 November 1983 in Helsinki

Professor, MD, FRCP, FACC
Studied in Helsinki, several European countries and the United States
Professor of Medicine of Helsinki University 19531981
Medical Director of Helsinki University Central Hospital 19701974
Head of the Wihuri Research Institute 19471983

Member:

Finnish Academy of Scienee and Letters, European Society of Cardiology, New York Academy of Sciences, British Cardiac Society, Société Belge de Cardiologie, American College of Chest Physicians, Intemational College of Angiology, Société européenne de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, Norsk sellskap for inre medicin (Norwegian Medical Society), Svenska läkaresällskapet (Medical Association of Sweden), American College of Cardiology, Royal College of Physicians of London, Finnish Society for Angiology, Finnish Cardiac Society, Finnish Society for Clinical Chemistry and Physiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Society of Cardiology, Council of Epidemiology and Prevention, International Society of Hypertension
Honorary Member: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kreislaufforschung, Sociedad Argentina de Progresos en Medicina Interna, International Society of Internal Medicine, Finnish Medical Society Duodecim, Finnish Heart Association and Cardiac Research Foundation

Vice chairman:

Paavo Nurmi Foundation

President:

Paavo Nurmi Foundation Intemational Biennal Symposia 19691983

President:

International Society for Internal Medicine Conference in 1976

Publications

• Die Koronararterien des menschlichen Herzens mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Anastomosenfrage (Doctoral Dissertation) 1938
• some 200 other scientific publications