Şevket Ruacan
Prof. Dr. Şevket Ruacan was born in Ankara in 1945. He graduated from Ankara Bahçelievler Deneme High School in 1962, from West High School at Phoenix, Arizona in 1963 and Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in 1969. He received graduate training in Biochemistry and Pathology at University of Pennsylvania and New York University. At Hacettepe University he served as Chairman of the Department of Pathology, Dean of the Medical School, Director of the Institute of Oncology and Chairman of the Ethics Committee. He became a member of the Higher Education Council (YÖK), Science Board of Technical and Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) and Turkish Academy of Sciences. He served in the establishment and activities of Research and Publication Ethics Committee of TÜBITAK, Ethics Committee of Interuniversity Council of Turkey (ÜAK) and Ethics Committee of Science Academy Association. Between 2009-2014 he served as the Founding Dean of Koç University School of Medicine. He is currently retired.