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Carlo Arnaudi
Carlo Arnaudi in 1964
Minister for Scientific Research
In office 1963–1966
Prime Minister	Aldo Moro
Preceded by	Office established
Personal details
Born	23 May 1899 Turin, Italy
Died	23 April 1970(1970-04-23) (aged 70) Milan, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Academic work
Discipline	Biologist
Sub-discipline	Microbiology
Institutions	University of Milan

Carlo Arnaudi (23 May 1899 – 23 April 1970) was an Italian microbiologist and socialist politician, who served as the first minister for science of Italy and was one of the members of the Italian Senate. He is also known for his studies in the field of microbiology which produced the discovery of certain steroid-conversion processes in microorganisms.

Biography

Arnaudi was born in Turin on 23 May 1899. He worked as professor of microbiology at the University of Milan. He was the head of Istituto Microbiologia Agraria e Tecnica. In 1940, he launched a scientific journal on microbiology, namely Annali di Microbiologia. He was the major political supporter of the International Laboratory of Genetics and Biophysics (ILGB) that was founded in Naples in 1962. He also headed the Casa della Cultura in Milan.

He also served as senator. He was appointed minister for scientific research to the center-left coalition government led by Prime Minister Aldo Moro in December 1963. He proposed that the ministry should be institutionalized in order to make it more effective in coordinating research activities. However, this proposal led to severe criticisms due to power struggle among the ministers. After serving in the post in the second cabinet of Aldo Moro, Carlo Arnaudi was removed from office in a cabinet reshuffle in February 1966. He died in Milan on 23 April 1970.

References

1. ^ "Editorial" (PDF). Annals of Microbiology. 50 (1–2). 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 May 2006.
2. Victor K. McElheny (14 August 1964). "Research Climate in Italy I". Science. 145 (3633): 691. JSTOR 1713765.
3. ^ "Arnaudi, Carlo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 34. 1988.
4. "Professor of Microbiology". Age Fotostock. Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
5. "Introduction" (PDF). Journal of History of Medicine. 20 (3). 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2015.
6. Rossana Rossanda (2020). The Comrade from Milan. London; New York: Verso. p. 498. ISBN 978-1-78960-153-4.
7. Viktor K. McElheny (9 April 1965). "Research Climate in Italy, II". Science. 148 (3667): 205–207. Bibcode:1965Sci...148..205M. doi:10.1126/science.148.3667.205. JSTOR 1715518. PMID 17780081.
8. ^ Viktor K. McElheny (15 April 1966). "Cabinet reshuffle changes Italy's science minister". Science. 152 (3720): 336–337. Bibcode:1966Sci...152..336M. doi:10.1126/science.152.3720.336. PMID 17775154.
9. ^ Michelangelo De Maria; Lucia Orlando (2008). Italy in Space: In Search of a Strategy, 1957–1975. Paris: Beauchesne. p. 59. ISBN 978-2-7010-1518-7.

External links

• Media related to Carlo Arnaudi at Wikimedia Commons

• 20th-century Italian biologists
• 1899 births
• 1970 deaths
• Italian microbiologists
• Italian Socialist Party politicians
• Government ministers of Italy
• Senators of Legislature III of Italy
• Senators of Legislature IV of Italy
• Politicians from Turin
• Scientists from Turin
• Academic staff of the University of Milan
• Members of the Italian Senate from Lombardy