The exhibition and scientific session dedicated to the memory of the first SGGW Rector, prof. Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski
A scientific session and exhibition dedicated to one of the founders of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and the first SGGW rector, prof. Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski was held on 16-17 September, 2023 in Lipnik. The event took place as part of the “Ocalić od zapomnienia [To Save from Oblivion]” project implemented by the Lipnik community. The event was held under the auspices of the SGGW Rector, prof. dr hab. Michał Zasada.
- The following guests attended the event:
SGGW Rector, Prof. dr hab. Michał Zasada - Vice-rector for Development, prof. dr hab. Kazimierz Tomala
- Inż. Grażyna Skalmierska, President of the SGGW Alumni Association
- Mgr Karolina Grobelska, former curator of the SGGW Museum
- Dr hab. Tomasz Sosulski, prof. SGGW Institute of Biology, SGGW
- Bartosz Korba, President of the SGGW Student’s Council
Representatives of the Rector’s Office
Hanna Gajda
Monika Kuźmicka
Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski was born on 1 July 1868 in Malice, Sandomierz. He was the son of Władysław and Julia née Horoch. This year we celebrate the 155th anniversary of his birthday.
He served as rector of SGGW from 1918 to 1920 and from 1928 to 1929. He was the first rector of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, the former Agronomic Institute at Marymont. In 1888 he graduated from the Riga Technical University.
In 1893, he was appointed as an assistant at the Galician National Agrarian University (now Lviv National Agrarian University), where he organized a chemical and agricultural research and experimental station, which soon became an example for other Polish universities. He dealt with issues related to the use of synthetic fertilizers and soil fertility. Prof. Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski cooperated with the Society for the Promotion of Polish Agrarian Science, the aim of which was to organize an agricultural magazine. In 1900, prof. Mikułowski-Pomorski was appointed professor for his achievements, and in 1906 he took the position of the director of the institute located in Dublany.
In 1911, Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski moved to Warsaw and began organizing first industrial and agricultural courses, and then an agricultural university in Warsaw. He rented a place at ul. Miodowa, and then established an experimental field in Wilanów.
The courses he once taught were transformed into the Agrarian University, and then nationalized, which allowed the establishment of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, and Prof. Józef Mikułowski-Pomorski was elected for the position of the first SGGW rector in 1918. Then, in 1928, he again became the rector of SGGW.
