1901 – 1982
He was an educational scientist who became the first president of an Iraqi university. He was born in Mosul, where he completed his primary and intermediate studies. He completed preparatory study in Beirut in 1920 and then he studied at the College of Arts and Sciences at the American University in Beirut, and he earned a Bachelor of Education in 1925 In 1934 he received his doctorate in philosophy from the American University of Columbia. He worked for the UNESCO for nine years. He became the first president of the University of Baghdad in 1957 In 1959 he worked for the UNESCO again and became its representative at the United Nations. He also worked at the American University of Beirut during the years 1963-1971 During his lifetime he received various medals and certificates of honor from Irag, the United States and Lebanon. His works in English include: “Education in the Middle East” (coauthoring with Dr. Amir Buqtur in 1950) Compulsory Education Project in Iraq” (in 1937), The Modern Iraq: and in Arabic ‘Muthakarat fi Altarikh AlarabiAlqadim’ (Memoirs in the Ancient Arab History) in 1927, Aldemugratiya Waltarbiya’ (Democracy and Education) in Cairo in 1es He has journals and books French, English and German. in researches in numerous
