Journal 116 – Senator Rita Levi Montalcini birthday as national holiday in Italy
Today is April 22, 2007. Rita Levi Montalcini and her countrymen celebrate Mrs. Montalcini 98 birthday. It is almost a national holiday in Italy.
Mrs. Levi Montalcini was born April 22, 1909 in Turin in the Jewish family. In 1938, she had to leave Italy because of reasons racial acts. In those times, dictator B. Mussolini governed the country. In the first, she found a shelter in Belgium and next in the USA. In September 1946, Levi Montalcini accepted an invitation to Washington University in St. Louis. Then, she began her scientific career. In 1968, she became the tenth woman elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. She received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1986. In 2001, President Carlo Azeglio appointed her for life senator. She works in the Italian Parliament and continues her scientific researches.
Italian mass media call Prof. Rita Levi Montalcini “a senator full of beans”.
Today is April 22, 2007. Rita Levi Montalcini and her countrymen celebrate Mrs. Montalcini 98 birthday. It is almost a national holiday in Italy.
Mrs. Levi Montalcini was born April 22, 1909 in Turin in the Jewish family. In 1938, she had to leave Italy because of reasons racial acts. In those times, dictator B. Mussolini governed the country. In the first, she found a shelter in Belgium and next in the USA. In September 1946, Levi Montalcini accepted an invitation to Washington University in St. Louis. Then, she began her scientific career. In 1968, she became the tenth woman elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences. She received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1986. In 2001, President Carlo Azeglio appointed her for life senator. She works in the Italian Parliament and continues her scientific researches.
Italian mass media call Prof. Rita Levi Montalcini “a senator full of beans”.
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