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Professor Mahmoud Maher Ragab was borne on May 20, 1921 in Mit Ghamr, Deqahliya Governorate, Egypt. He was the past Vice Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University and the Editor in Chief of the Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology for more than 20 years. He had a long and distinguished career in plant pathology as being one of the early great pioneers in mycology and fungal diseases in Egypt. He died on August 19, 2003 in Giza, Egypt.
Professor Ragab obtained his Bachelor degree in 1944 from Fouad I (Cairo) University, and then he went to USA to obtain the M.Sc. degree in 1949 from Nebraska Univ. and the Ph.D. in 1952 from Iowa Univ. He was appointed as a Demonstrator in the Faculty of Agriculture, Fouad I University in 1944, lecturer in 1953, Assistant Professor in 1960, Professor in 1967 and Chairman Professor of the Agricultural Botany and Plant Pathology Department in 1979 and then nominated as the Vice Dean of Student Affairs from 1979 to 1981 when became Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology. He was selected as the Chairman of the Permanent Scientific Committee of Agric. Botany and Plant Pathology and as Supreme Council of the Egyptian Universities. Also, he was appointed as a member in the Supreme Committee for Awarding State Prizes for Encouragement of Plant Pathology Scientists. He was always selected as a scientific referee for many projects either introduced by the Agric. Res. Centre or by the National Academy of Scientific Res. and Technology. Professor Ragab was an active member in many National and International Scientific Societies (Mycology and Sigma Xi, USA). He was selected as ISPP Councilor of the Egyptian Phytopathological Society. He attended and introduced scientific articles in many local and international conferences in Mycology and Plant Pathology since 1961. In the national conferences and congresses organized by the Egyptian Society of Plant Pathology, he was always selected as the Chairman of the Scientific Committee, even in the Tenth Congress (December, 2003). He presided the 8`'' Congress held in 1997 and also presided the scientific sessions of several national conferences and symposia organized by the Egyptian universities and institutes. He was awarded the Medal for Merit from President Nasser in 1957 and the State Medal in 1983 from President Moubarak. He also awarded the "Decree of Merit" in 1998 from the International Biological Centre, Cambridge, England. Also, several Honorable Certificates were forwarded to Prof Ragab, either from the F.A.O. or from the Deans of his college, since 1991 till 2002. He published more than 76 articles in national and foreign Journals of Plant Pathology. He supervised over 56 M.Sc. and Ph.D. Theses since 1952 till 2003. He was selected as the examiner for more than 60 research Theses, either in his college or in other universities. Professor Ragab was the first author of an Arabic text in Plant Pathology. He also contributed in translation in Arabic of some important textbooks as well as the evaluation and revision of many Arabic texts appearing in the last two decades.
Professor Ragab is missed but always remembered by his students and colleagues. His thoughts and ethics are stilt perpetual leading most of his colleagues and students.
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