Edmond de Goeyse
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Dr. Edmond de Goeyse was a Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

 student leader during the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Antwerp.

He founded the pioneer student fraternity Bezem Lovania Brussel in 1925 and in 1927 he tried to reestablish the German fraternity K.A.V. Lovania Leuven, affiliated with the Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen
Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen
The Cartellverband der katholischen deutschen Studentenverbindungen or Cartellverband is a German umbrella organization of Catholic male student fraternities .-Foundation:...

.

In 1929, he united all Flemish student clubs in the Seniorenkonvent (SK), a subdivision of the Katholiek Vlaams Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV) and wrote the Belgian version of the clubcodex
Codex
A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with multiple quires or gatherings typically bound together and given a cover.Developed by the Romans from wooden writing tablets, its gradual replacement...

, currently still in use by most students from Flanders.

He died in Leuven
Leuven
Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...

, aged 91 in 1998.
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