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Biography
Emilio Gatti was born in Turin on 18 March 1922, the son of Aldo, a civil engineer, and Emilia Sacchi, a primary school teacher. He spent his youth in Lido di Venezia studying at Liceo Classico. His interests, however, soon guided him towards physics and electronics. After completing studies at the Liceo, he wanted to enrol in Physics at the University, but the father advised him to study Engineering. To arrive at a decision, the father heard the opinion of the physician Bruno Rossi (who years later moved to the United States where he achieved fame for his researches on cosmic rays), who concurred on the fact that engineering offered greater work opportunities. Emilio Gatti registered therefore at the University of Padua where he graduated with distinction in 1946 in Industrial Electrical Engineering, having as his supervisors Prof Giovanni De Fassi and Giovanni Someda (after whom the current Library of Information Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Padua is named). After graduating, he obtained a diploma at the two-year specialisation course in Electrical Communications from Turin’s Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale “Galileo Ferraris” (National Electrotechnics Institute “Galileo Ferraris”), under the mentorship of professors Mario Boella and Giancarlo Vallauri, discussing a thesis on a variable selectivity amplifier for low frequencies that was published on the Italian magazine “Alta frequenza”.
In 1948, he married Laura Semenza. He is the father of Gabriella, Aldo, Carlo and Anna Paola. In 1948, he joined as researcher CISE (Centro Informazioni, Studi ed Esperienze [Information, Studies and Experiences Centre]) in Milan, an advanced research centre founded only two years earlier by Prof Giuseppe Bolla, a physician known for his studies in Raman spectroscopy.
At CISE, Emilio Gatti concentrated on developing electronic equipment for atomic and nuclear physics studies; still a young
researcher, he took part in the measurement of the thermal neutron capture cross section in Uranium, the results of which
are confirmed by US labs appreciated worldwide for their accuracy. In 1950, he became Head of the Electronics Division of CISE, contributing to the scientific growth of that Institution and having as mentors Edoardo Amaldi, Gilberto Bernardini, Bruno Ferretti and Enrico Persico, at that time CISE advisors. Emilio Gatti started developing into an international reference for the sector; his capacity to devise and implement electronic circuits and complex and highly precise equipment for experiments in Physics had achieved fame in the Anglo- Saxon labs as well. The CISE electronic lab became an international reference in the sector; Emilio’s ideas and ingenuity were the engine around which an ever increasing number of researchers gathered, first at CISE, then also at other Italian and international venues. At CISE, prototypes of electronic equipment were built and for several of them the possibility arose of their industrialization for a scientific instrumentation market properly so-called. Emilio engaged in this as well, becoming the catalyst for the birth, in 1958, and the success of LABEN, as industry dedicated to nuclear instrumentation.
In 1951, he was appointed professor in charge of the course of Mathematics at Politecnico di Milano, and in 1953, he obtained a teaching post in Applied Electronics, which enabled him to keep on heading the lab in CISE. In 1957, he became full professor of Electronics at Politecnico di Milano, leaving the management of the CISE lab to his student Vito Svelto while remaining a CISE advisor until 1968. From 1961, he was Full Professor of Nuclear Electronics and from 1962 Full Professor of Physics at Politecnico di Milano. From 1980, he resumed the chair of Applied Electronics.
At Politecnico di Milano, he occupied various institutional posts: from 1958 to 1967 he was Head of the Department of Physics (1958-‘67), member of the Board of Governors (1969-’74), member of the University Board (1981-’93), and President of the Study Programme Board in Electronic Engineering (1990-‘93).
From 1969 to 1971, he was Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano.At Politecnico di Milano, Emilio Gatti ran the courses of Physics, Nuclear Electronics, Electronic Technologies, and Applied Electronics. In 1997, at the age of 75, he retired. In 1998, he was appointed emeritus professor. He died on 9 July 2016 at his Milan home surrounded by the affection of his wife, children and grandchildren.
Biography
Emilio Gatti was born in Turin on 18 March 1922, the son of Aldo, a civil engineer, and Emilia Sacchi, a primary school teacher. He spent his youth in Lido di Venezia studying at Liceo Classico. His interests, however, soon guided him towards physics and electronics. After completing studies at the Liceo, he wanted to enrol in Physics at the University, but the father advised him to study Engineering. To arrive at a decision, the father heard the opinion of the physician Bruno Rossi (who years later moved to the United States where he achieved fame for his researches on cosmic rays), who concurred on the fact that engineering offered greater work opportunities. Emilio Gatti registered therefore at the University of Padua where he graduated with distinction in 1946 in Industrial Electrical Engineering, having as his supervisors Prof Giovanni De Fassi and Giovanni Someda (after whom the current Library of Information Engineering and Electrical Engineering at the University of Padua is named). After graduating, he obtained a diploma at the two-year specialisation course in Electrical Communications from Turin’s Istituto Elettrotecnico Nazionale “Galileo Ferraris” (National Electrotechnics Institute “Galileo Ferraris”), under the mentorship of professors Mario Boella and Giancarlo Vallauri, discussing a thesis on a variable selectivity amplifier for low frequencies that was published on the Italian magazine “Alta frequenza”.
In 1948, he married Laura Semenza. He is the father of Gabriella, Aldo, Carlo and Anna Paola. In 1948, he joined as researcher CISE (Centro Informazioni, Studi ed Esperienze [Information, Studies and Experiences Centre]) in Milan, an advanced research centre founded only two years earlier by Prof Giuseppe Bolla, a physician known for his studies in Raman spectroscopy.
At CISE, Emilio Gatti concentrated on developing electronic equipment for atomic and nuclear physics studies; still a young
researcher, he took part in the measurement of the thermal neutron capture cross section in Uranium, the results of which
are confirmed by US labs appreciated worldwide for their accuracy. In 1950, he became Head of the Electronics Division of CISE, contributing to the scientific growth of that Institution and having as mentors Edoardo Amaldi, Gilberto Bernardini, Bruno Ferretti and Enrico Persico, at that time CISE advisors. Emilio Gatti started developing into an international reference for the sector; his capacity to devise and implement electronic circuits and complex and highly precise equipment for experiments in Physics had achieved fame in the Anglo- Saxon labs as well. The CISE electronic lab became an international reference in the sector; Emilio’s ideas and ingenuity were the engine around which an ever increasing number of researchers gathered, first at CISE, then also at other Italian and international venues. At CISE, prototypes of electronic equipment were built and for several of them the possibility arose of their industrialization for a scientific instrumentation market properly so-called. Emilio engaged in this as well, becoming the catalyst for the birth, in 1958, and the success of LABEN, as industry dedicated to nuclear instrumentation.
In 1951, he was appointed professor in charge of the course of Mathematics at Politecnico di Milano, and in 1953, he obtained a teaching post in Applied Electronics, which enabled him to keep on heading the lab in CISE. In 1957, he became full professor of Electronics at Politecnico di Milano, leaving the management of the CISE lab to his student Vito Svelto while remaining a CISE advisor until 1968. From 1961, he was Full Professor of Nuclear Electronics and from 1962 Full Professor of Physics at Politecnico di Milano. From 1980, he resumed the chair of Applied Electronics.
At Politecnico di Milano, he occupied various institutional posts: from 1958 to 1967 he was Head of the Department of Physics (1958-‘67), member of the Board of Governors (1969-’74), member of the University Board (1981-’93), and President of the Study Programme Board in Electronic Engineering (1990-‘93).
From 1969 to 1971, he was Vice Rector of Politecnico di Milano.At Politecnico di Milano, Emilio Gatti ran the courses of Physics, Nuclear Electronics, Electronic Technologies, and Applied Electronics. In 1997, at the age of 75, he retired. In 1998, he was appointed emeritus professor. He died on 9 July 2016 at his Milan home surrounded by the affection of his wife, children and grandchildren.
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