Background
Giesecke, Alberto was born on February 28, 1918 in Gusco, Peru. Son of Albert and Esther (Matto) Giesecke.
Giesecke, Alberto was born on February 28, 1918 in Gusco, Peru. Son of Albert and Esther (Matto) Giesecke.
Electrical engineer, Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, 1938.
Director, Geophysical Institute Peru, Lima, 1947-1981; director, Regional Center for Seismology for South America, Lima, since 1971.
President Bi-lateral Cultural Institute Peru, 1960-1990, National Research Council, Lima, 1968-1971, Commission on Geophysics Pan-American Institute of Geography and History, 1977-1986. Board president National Institute Industrial Research, Lima, 1978-1980, National Institute for Telecommunications and Training, Lima, 1975-1979. Vice president PAIGH, 1987-1990, Transparencia, Lima, since 1994.
Fellow Third World Academy Scis. Member Engineering Society Peru (life), Geological Society Peru (honorary), Society Geografica Lima.
Married Elena Sara-Lafosse, March 13, 1944. Children: Alberto, Ricardo, Margarita, Carlos, Jaime, Mercedes, Susana, Magdalena, Ana.