Antonio Marussi (1908-1984)

One of the symposia under IAG auspices is the Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy (IAG 122). Who is Marussi?

Antonio Marussi was born in Trieste in 1908 and passed away there in 1984. He was a famous Geodesist and Geophysicist , and received ample national and international recognitions. He  graduated in Mathematics at the University of  Bologna in 1932. He started his scientific activity at the Geophysical Institute of Trieste (it became later Istituto Talassografico, now conglobated in' Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale), then he went to the Istituto Geografico Militare of Firenze as Geography Engineer. From 1952 he held the position of Ordinary Professor of Geodesy at the University of Trieste, Faculty of Science, where he has founded the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics (then with the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography it became the Department of Earth Sciences), to mention some of his prestigious positions, he was the President of the International Association of Geodesy from 1967 until 1971 and later became it's Honorary President, President of the Italian Geodetic Commission, member of the Royal Astronomical Society of London,  and Fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei.

Antonio Marussi (IAG President 1967-1971)

Antonio Marussi was the IAG President for period 1967-1971. Source - marussi.

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