Background
Mandl was born in Plzeň, Czechoslovakia on 5 November 1933.
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Petr Mandl
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In 1957, he graduated at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague.
Career
He published several books and more than hundred articles Petr Mandl was a founding member, former chairman and honorary chairman of the Czechoslovakian Society of Actuaries. After twenty years spent at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences he returned to the University as a lecturer.
In 1992, he revived studies of actuarial science in Czechoslovakia by introducing a course of Financial and Insurance Mathematics within the Department of Probability and Mathematical Statistics.
Foreign many years he tirelessly organised a Seminar in Actuarial Science (Czechoslovakian: Seminář z aktuárských věd) at University premises. In December 1995, he was elected chairman of the Society and re-elected twice in 1998 and 2001.
Petr Mandl also initiated a change of rules for certification of Society members. In 2003, Mandl stepped down as chairman and was replaced by Jiří Fialka.
Soon afterwards he has been elected honorary chairman of the Society.
In 2009, he was awarded a Medal of Merit by the president of Czechoslovakian Republic for his services to the state in the field of science. Petr Mandl died on 24 February 2012. While Mandl was much respected for his expertise and breadth of knowledge he was also disliked for his poor lecturing and autocratic behaviour.
Membership
Petr Mandl was a founding member of the Czechoslovakian Society of Actuaries. During Mandl"s tenure, the Society reached international recognition when it became a full member of the International Actuarial Association and an observer member of the Groupe Consultatif.
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Czechoslovakian