Background
He was born in Tunisia to Italian Parents in 1926, and moved to Italy at a young age.
He was born in Tunisia to Italian Parents in 1926, and moved to Italy at a young age.
He attended the University of Turin (1943-1946). In 1946 he moved to the United States to attend Bluffton College, from which he graduated in 1947. He then attended Caltech, and completed his Doctor of Philosophy work in mathematics in 1951 (the degree was conferred at commencement in 1952).
In 1951 he moved to Honolulu where he taught at the University of Hawaii until 1960. There he worked in Cryptography, and also developed a multiplication algorithm for large numbers, which reduces the multiplication time to as little as 3% of the conventional algorithm. After retirement in 1991, he moved to Prescott Az, where he built an observatory recognized by the International Astronomical Union with code 684.
There he specialized in discovering asteroids, and has been recognized for the discovery of 644 numbered objects as of September 2013.
He then joined International Business Machines Corporation as a software developer, and later as a member of the International Business Machines Corporation Cambridge Scientific Center. He is the author of the Astronomical League"s Asteroid Club Observing Guide, and was an active member of the Prescott Astronomy Club.
