Paulo de Tarso Alviim

Background

Alviim, Paulo de Tarso was born on February 23, 1919 in Ubá, Brazil. Son of Francisco Carneiro and Alayde (Brandao) Alviim.

Education

Bachelor in Agriculture, U. Federal Viçosa, Brazil, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell Univercity, 1948; D Honoris Causa, U. Federal Bahia, Brazil, 1985.

Career

President, Fundacao Pau Brazil, Itabuna, since 1989; professor botany and plant physiology, U. Federal Viçosa, 1941-1950; plant physiologist, Inter-American Institute Agricultural Sciences, Turrialba, Costa Rica, 1951-1955; plant physiologist, Inter-American Institute Agricultural Sciences, Lima, Peru, 1955-1963; director, Centro de Pesquisas do Cacau, Itabuna, Bahia., 1963-1988.

Achievements

• Paulo de Tarso Alviim has been listed as a noteworthy Plant physiologist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Brazilian Academy Sciences.

Interests

• Avocation: photography.

Connections

Married Leontina Rezende, November 8, 1945. Children: Marila, Paulo Cesarío, Heloisa, Leonardo. Married Simone Cerqueira, July 1972.

Children: Alexandre, Fatima.

Father:

Francisco Carneiro Alviim

Mother:

Alayde (Brandao) Alviim

Spouse:

Leontina Rezende

Spouse:

Simone Cerqueira

child:

Marila Alviim

child:

Heloisa Alviim

child:

Alexandre Alviim

child:

Leonardo Alviim

child:

Fatima Alviim

child:

Paulo Cesarío Alviim