2 Quotes & Sayings By Agostino Scafidi

Agostino Scafidi was born in Turin, Italy, in 1923. He graduated from the University of Turin in Physics and Mathematics. In 1969 he received a PhD from the University of Porto (Portugal). In the 1950s Scafidi was a member of the Editorial Board of the Italian Journal of Physics, and he has been a member of numerous committees at the Italian Physical Society Read more

He has been a Professor at the University of Turin and a guest researcher at several American universities. He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by UNC-Chapel Hill in 1997, and a similar honor by the University of Chicago in 1999. In 1999, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from SUNY-Albany.

In 2000, he received an honorary doctorate from the University at Buffalo. In 2001, Scafidi was awarded The Holley Medal by the American Institute of Physics for "extraordinary service to physics."