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CHAPTER1.
FATHERSOFAGRIBUSINESSFINANCE
andhisacademicpositionintheseareas,inthe1950shewasassignedthefunction
ofthePresidentoftheScientificCounciloftheInstituteofAgriculturalEconomics.
Hewrotenumerousarticles,publishedinGMattersofAgriculturalEconomics”,
GPolishScience”,theGModernCountryside”monthlymagazine,aswellasweeklyand
dailymagazines.
AttheWarsawUniversityofLifeSciences,heledtheAgriculturalPoliticsDepart-
mentfornumerousyears.Hepromotedoveradozenofdoctorsandassistantprofessors,
whouptothisdayformthecoreoftheprofessorialstaffattheUniversity’sFacultyof
EconomicSciences.Whenteaching,heknewhowtocarefullylistentohiscolleagues
andstudents,whichbroughthimmanysupportersandmuchrespect.Hisdeepknowl-
edgeofagriculturalandruralfinance,aswellashispro-peasantactivismformedanin-
extricablepartofhisrichandversatilewayoflife.Hisnumerousspeeches,lecturesand
readingshaveworkedtowardstheadoptionofamorescientificapproachtoeconomic
activities.Theconceptofmultidisciplinaryresearchonthedevelopmentofnewlyindus-
trializedareas(andmoreaccurately:thefinancialcircumstancesofruralcommunities
inmajorinvestmentareas,suchasthepetrochemicalrefineriesinPłockandPuławy,or
mininghubsofKonin,Lublin,TarnobrzegorBelchatow)arosedirectlyfromhisscien-
tificactivity.
Researchintonewlyindustrializedareaswasbasedonthethesisthataprogram
forruralsociety(especiallyagriculturalsocietyandagriculture)canonlybeformu-
latedrationallyoncethedevelopmentinterdependenciesbetweenindustryandag-
riculturearediscerned,especiallyinfinancialterms.Hepresentedtheseissuesin
publicationssuchasPeasantfamilyandagriculturalholding.Thankstohisscientific
achievements,hewasappointedtheChairmanoftheCommitteefortheStudyof
IndustrializedRegionsofthePolishAcademyofSciences.HeestablishedtheCom-
mittee’sbranchesinPoznan,Wroclaw,Lodz,Krakow,LublinandKatowice.Heinten-
sifiedfieldresearchandrevitalizedeconomicresearchinmanyscientificcommunities.
Atleast60youngresearchershaveobtainedtheirdoctoratesandhabilitationsbased
onmaterialsfromsaidresearch,provingtheworthofthescientificmovementspear-
headedbyProf.StefanIgnar.ProfessorssuchasJózefChałasiński,JanSzczepański,
StefanGolachowski,KazimierzRomaniuk,MariaDobrowolska,WładysławMarkie-
wicz,AntoniRajkiewicz,JerzyPiotrowski,BohdanJałowiecki,FranciszekKolbusz,
AndrzejStelmachowski,BolesławStrużek,ZygmuntLachert,MikołajKozakiewicz,
ZbigniewKwieciński,TadeuszHunek,JerzyDietl,WacławPiotrowski,IrenaFierla
tookpartinit,amongothers.Younger,yetveryactivecoworkersofProf.Ignarin-
cludedMarekKłodziński,KarolMichna,KazimierzOdziemkowskiandmanyothers.
ProfessorIgnargavethemrespectandfriendship.
Thewideracademiccommunity,andagriculturaleconomistsinparticular,have
greatlyrespectedProf.Ignar,whouptothisdayremainsascientificauthority.
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