Because of his excellent background in

June 2007, was one of the most distinguished professors of Tehran University. His greatest achievement was training of several generations of Iranian physicians and scientists who will always remember his unique style of teaching and his modest manner in life. Nasser Maleknia was born on 4 August 1931 in Tehran. As a teenager he was fond of mathematics and geometry. He left Iran in 1949 to study chemical engineering and principles of medicine in New York University (NYU). He then moved to France where he studied medicine in “Faculté de Médecine de Paris”(1). During his clinical training in medical school, he took evening courses to study Electronics in a technical school in Paris for two years (1). This enabled him to earn a living by servicing th