Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry

Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry (born December 31, 1942) is an Argentinian physician and former rector of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA).

Jaim Etcheverry achieved his M.D. in 1965 and his Ph.D. in 1972, both at the School of Medicine of the University of Buenos Aires. the National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, and the Argentine Academy of Arts and Sciences of Communication.

Apart from his many scientific papers and book chapters on his original research, in 1999, he published La Tragedia Educativa, a book on the state of education. From 2005 to 2011, he chaired the Latin American and Caribbean Fellowships Selection Committee of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He also received the Konex Award in Science and Technology. He was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques by the French Republic and, between 2006 and 2012, he chaired the Fundación Carolina of Argentina, involved in the educational and scientific cooperation between Spain and Latin America.

In 2007, he received the Médaille d’Or from the “Société d’Encouragement au Progrès” in Paris, France. In 2009, he received an Honoris Causa degree from the Universidad de Morón in Argentina. In 2010, he was awarded the Bicentennial Medal by the City of Buenos Aires, and the Santa Clara de Asís Prize in 2014 for his trajectory, as well as the Honoris Causa degree of the Universidad Nacional del Noroeste de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (UNNOBA).