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Brief History |
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Brief History
The late Professor and Academician Elias G.
Mariolopoulos in the latest years of his life got the idea of
constituting a nonprofit foundation with the objective of
development of the atmospheric sciences, the awards of young
scientists studying those sciences and the dissemination of
environmental issues in the society.
Professor Mariolopoulos has been working that
idea with his collaborators Professor C. Zerefos and Assoc.
Professor C. Repapis, Director of the Research Centre for
Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy of
Athens, to which Professor Mariolopoulos was superintendent.
Professor Mariolopoulos deceased on 1991 and his
late wife Mrs Ekaterini-Nina Mariolopoulos wished to honor the
memory of her husband fulfilling his wish and honored also
the memory of her parents Petros and Eugenia Kanaginis.
Mrs Mariolopoulos worked that thought with Prof. Zerefos and
Prof. Repapis and presented the idea of establishing a foundation
for the environmental sciences in order to include the agricultural
sciences and the environment in general, honoring the memory of her
father who devoted his life in the service of these sciences.
The establishment of the Mariolopoulos Kanaginis
Foundation for the Environmental Sciences has been achieved by
the donation from Mrs Mariolopoulos of the estates of her father
Petros Kanaginis.
The Foundation operates according to the National
Legacies Greek laws and administrated by the Board of Directors.
The first Board of Directors appointed by its constitution
law consisted by the following members
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President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasury
Members
Alternate Member
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Mrs. Aecaterini-Nina Mariolopoulos
Prof. Christos Zerefos
Assoc.Prof. Christos Repapis
Dr Georgios D.Mariolopoulos
Prof. Themistoclis Kanaginis
Prof. Constantinos Tountas
Prof. Omiros Mantis
Prof .Panagiotis Ladas
Prof. Ioannis Zampakas
Dr Constantinos Liatsos
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In September 25, 1993 during a meeting in
Athens, Greece the establishment of a foundation
entitled "Mariolopoulos - Kanaginis
Foundation for the Environmental Sciences" was formally announced following legislation
from the Greek Government. Many Greek
and foreign scientists and representatives
of Organizations concerned with environmental
matters were present at the opening
meeting and ceremony. At the first meeting
of the board of Directors present were the
President of the Foundation, Mrs. Ekaterini-Nina Mariolopoulou, the representative of the
Secretary-General of the World Meteorological
Organization, Dr. R.B. Bojkov, the Director
of DG XII of the European Commission,
Professor J.P. Contzen and many other distinguished
scientists.
The first meeting of the Board of Directors with the
presence of the distinguished representatives of
European Commission and WMO.
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