Professor Markus Hajek, the famous laryngologist, attained his seventieth birthday this week.
Professor Hajek is a brother-in-law of the late Arthur Schnitzler, his wife being the daughter of the famous surgeon, Professor Johann Schnitzler.
Professor Hajek is a loyal and observant Jew who has been associated especially with the social and economic aspects of the Jewish student movement in Austria.
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