Background
Colombo, Umberto Paolo was born on December 20, 1927 in Livorno, Italy. Son of Eugenio and Maria (Eminente) Colombo.
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Umberto Paolo Colombo
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He held a Doctor of Philosophy in physical chemistry, which he received from the University of Pavia.
Career
He was a Fulbright Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States. Colombo was a chemical engineer He was working as a professor at the University of Milan in the 1970s.
He served as the president of the Italian energy firm Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi for a short period from November 1982 to January 1983.
Then he was appointed as the head of the Italian nuclear energy unit He served as the minister of universities, science and technology in the Ciampi cabinet from 1993 to 1994.
He was also the chairman of LEAD-Europe. Other posts he assumed included the chairman of National agency for new technologies, Energy and sustainable economic development (Italian national agency for new technology, energy and the environment.
1983-1993), president of the European science foundation (1991-1993), chairman of the Italian hydrocarbons trust, director general of Montedision"s R&Doctorate and strategic planning, director of Montecatini"s G. Donegani research centre, governor of the international development research centre (International Development Research Centre.
1985-1990) in Canada, chairman of the United Nations"s advisory committee on science and technology for development (1984-1986) and president of the European institute research management association. Works Colombo and another Italian scientist Francesco Scaramuzzi carried out an experiment on nuclear fusion in April 1989. Colombo died in Rome on 13 May 2006.
He was 78.
Achievements
Membership
Honorary trustee Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. Governor International Development Research, Center, Canada. President European Science Foundation, Auelio Peccei Foundation.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Italian Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, Italian Academy Engineering, Swiss Academy Engineering, Swedish Academy Engineering, United Kingdom Academy Engineering, U.A. Academy Engineering, Japanese Academy Engineering, New York Academy of Sciences, Science Policy Foundation London (international advisory board since 1975), American Academy Arts and Sciences (foreign honorary).
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Married Milena Piperno, July 5, 1951. Children: Carla, Claudia.
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1950
Career
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1951 - 1966
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1979 - 1982
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1982 - 1993
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1993 - 1994