Background
Calderón, Alberto Pedro was born on September 14, 1920 in Mendoza, Argentina.
Calderón, Alberto Pedro was born on September 14, 1920 in Mendoza, Argentina.
Graduate in civil engineering, University Buenos Aires, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University Chicago, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Buenos Aires, 1969.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Technion, Israel, 1989., Ohio State University, 1995.
Associate professor, Ohio State University, 1950-1953; visiting member, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1953-1955; from associate professor to professor mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1955-1975; professor mathematics, University of Chicago, 1959-1968; Louis Block professor, University of Chicago, 1968-1972; professor, University of Chicago, 1975-1985; professor, University of Chicago, since 1985; department chairman mathematics, University of Chicago, 1970-1972. Honorary professor of University Buenos Aires, from 1975.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member National Academy of Sciences, Latin American Academy of Sciences, Academy Nacional Ciencias Exactas, Arg., Third World Academy of Sciences, Royal Academy of Sciences (Spain), French Academy of Sciences.
Married Mabel E. Molinelli Wells, 1950 (deceased 1985). Married Alexandra Bagdasar, 1989. 2 children.