Fernando Arcil Concha

Background

Concha, Fernando Arcil was born on August 6, 1937 in Curanilahue, VIII, Chile. Son of Fernando Riffo Concha and Emma Navarette Arcil.

Education

B. of Chemical Engineering, University Concepcion, Chile, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy in Metallurgical Engineering, University Minnesota, 1968.

Career

Teaching assistant, U. Concepcion, 1960-1961; teaching associate, U. Concepcion, 1962-1964; assistant professor, U. Concepcion, 1968; associate professor, U. Concepcion, 1968-1969; professor, U. Concepcion, since 1969. Teaching assistant University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States, 1964-1966, teaching associate, 1966-1968. Department chairman U. Concepcion, 1970-1975, 1980-1986.

Latin American chairman International Comminution Research Association, since 1987.

Achievements

• Fernando Arcil Concha has been listed as a noteworthy Mineral processing educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers Inc., Chilean Mining Engineers Institute.

Interests

• Avocation: tennis.

Connections

Married Sigrid Maser Lockenwitz, November 4, 1961 (divorced 1970). Children: Nicole, Fernando. Married Margarita Menendez Garcia, July 28, 1971.

1 child, Maria Carolina.

Father:

Fernando Riffo Concha

Mother:

Emma Navarette Arcil

Spouse:

Sigrid Maser Lockenwitz

Spouse:

Margarita Menendez Garcia

child:

Maria Carolina Concha

child:

Fernando Concha

child:

Nicole Concha