Karl Holubar, 1936-2013

1989 to 2001. He officially retired in 2001 but remained active, and in spite of some health problems, kept participating in many National and International meetings, the last one being the Austrian national meeting in November 2012. Professor Holubar authored hundreds of papers, including books, book chapters, original articles, special issues of journals, congress reports, posters and abstracts. He received many scientific awards, was member of many dermatological and medical societies, national and international. He had been President of the Austrian Society of Dermatology in 1979–1980. Professor Karl Holubar, one of the leading personalities of european dermatology, died on January 6, 2013. Professor Holubar graduated from the Vienna Medical School in 1960. He served as Acting Chairman of the Department of Dermatology I of the Vienna University (1980–1981); Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dermatology of the Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem (1983–1986); Associate Professor for the History of Medicine, University of Vienna (1986); Full Professor for the History of Medicine (1989) and Professor and Chairman of the Institute for the History of Medicine of the Vienna University from Published online: February 26, 2013