Testimonial letter from Fausto Pagnamenta

This letter is one of a remarkable series of over 2650 letters amassed in 1983 to support Osho's attempt to get permanent resident status in the US at the time of the Oregon ranch. The image is reproduced here with the kind permission of The Oregon Historical Society. Information about their collection of these letters and other supporting material -- the "Jeffrey Noles Rajneesh Collection", named for Osho's immigration lawyer Jeffrey Noles, who compiled them in 1983 and donated them to the OHS -- can be found at this page. The wiki is grateful to the OHS for making access available for these documents. For more information and links to all the letters, see Testimonial letters.

This letter is from Fausto Pagnamenta. It is "Exhibit A-1881" in the Noles collection.

The text version below has been created by optical character recognition (OCR), from the images supplied by OHS. It has not been checked for errors but this process usually results in over 99% correct transcription. Most apparent "errors" are correct transcriptions of typos already in the original.

The original letter, written in Italian, appears first, followed by its English translation. The image on the right in the text box links to a pdf file with the whole original letter, the translation and a notary statement attesting to the validity of the translation. It has 3 pages.

OSPEDALE DI(?)ETTUALE DI LOCARNO (LA CARITÀ) REPARTO DI PEDIATRIA TELEFONO 093 310121 PRIMARIO OOTT. MEO. F. PAGNAMENTA «•OO LOCARNO. 19.7.1983 CURRICULUM VITAE Nato a Lugano (CH) il 16.2.1939 Scuole primarie e liceo Lugano (CH) Diploma di medicina Università di Berna Dottorato di medicina Università Berna Pediatria specializzazione Università di Ginevra (CH) ine Univerista di ^ogjta; (CH) 1958-1965 (CH) 1966 1965-1973 Primario (Medicai Director) del reparto di pediatria Ospedale 1 Distrettuale di Locamo (CH) 1973- Membro ordinario della Società Svizzera di Pediatria Sono discepolo di Baghwan Shree Rajsneesh da 1983, dopo .aver conosciuto le sue opere dal 1979. Il suo insegnamento mi é di grande aiuto anche nel lavoro professionale poiché mi dà una visione sistemica ed ecologica nell’intervento medico psicologico. In fede [signed] [illegible (notary stuff?] translation Locarno, July 19, 1983 Curriculum vitae I was born in Lugano, Switzerland, on February 16, 1939. Primary education and college in Lugano. Medical doctor's diploma at the University of Berne (1958-65). Doctor's degree at the University of Berne (1966). Specialization in paediatry at the Universities of Geneva and Constantine (Algeria) (1965-73) . Medical director of the Paediatric Department at the Distrettuale Hospital in Locarno (CH) since 1973. Ordinary member of the Swiss Paediatric Association. I have been a disciple of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh since 1983, having known his teachings since 1979. His teachings are of great help to me, also in my professional work, since they offer me a systematic and ecological vision for a psychological medical approach. Yours truly F. Pagnamenta

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