Corresondence relating to Pontecorvo's 80th birthday celebrations

• Reference:GB 248 UGC 198/9/1/12
• Dates of Creation:Mar 1987-May 1988
• Physical Description:
  9 files, 4 items

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Pontecorvo celebrated his 80th birthday on 29th November 1987. To mark the occassion his family and colleagues at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund organised a symposium and invited his genetics friends and colleagues from around the world to speak at the event. Pontecorvo's daughter, Lisa, also organised a cheese and wine party for close friends and colleagues the night before the symposium.

• Related Material

  UGC 198/10/1/2, photo album compiled for Pontecorvo's 80th birthday, including some photographs of his birthday celebrations at the end.