Dr. Hans Bloemendal, a Jew, has been appointed to the faculty of the Roman Catholic Nijmegen University, the first Jewish professor to teach there, it was announced today. Dr. Bloemendal, a specialist at the Dutch Cancer Institute, will teach biochemistry. He has been cantor of the Ashkenazic Jewish Community in Amsterdam since 1957.
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