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Stig Lundqvist (1925 - 2000) old
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><p>Stig Lundqvist, a distinguished physicist from Sweden, received his Ph.D from Uppsala University in 1955.<p>
He joined the faculty at Chaimers University in Göteborg, Sweden, where in 1963 he became a full professor in theoretical physics.
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In 1971 he was appointed to the Nobel Committee in physics and in 1980 became the Committee's chairman.
Lundqvist's involvement with the ICTP began in 1967. He was a driving force behind the creation of the ICTP Condensed Matter program and director of many ICTP colleges and workshops.
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> <p>In 1985 he launched ICTP's Adriatico Research Conferences, which drew some of the world's foremost researchers in condensed matter physics and related areas to the ICTP.<p>
Professor Lundqvist chaired the ICTP Scientific Council from 1984 to 1992.
