The UAB is sad to announce the passing of Joan Uriach, president of the Social Council from 1993 to 1997
Joan Uriach, a pharmaceutical entrepreneur who was the president of the UAB Social Council between 1993 and 1997, passed away on 17 December 2024. The University wishes to extend its deepest condolences to all the people who knew and loved him, and express its sadness for having lost a member of the UAB community.
Joan Uriach i Marsal, former president of the pharmaceutical company Uriach and second president of the Social Council of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, replacing Anton Canyelles between 1993 and 1997 during the rectorships of Josep M. Vallès and Carles Solà, passed away on 17 December.
Uriach was awarded the Sant Jordi Cross of the Government of Catalonia in 1987. Among many other, he was member of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia, the Royal Academy of Medicine of Catalonia and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi.