F. Tito Arecchi V
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In Memoriam: F. Tito Arecchi V, 1933 - 2021
15 February 2021
F. Tito Arecchi V, OSA Fellow and recipient of the Max Born Award, passed away on 15 February 2021 at the age of 87. Arecchi was known for his research in the cooperative effects in quantum optics, photon statistics and laser fluctuations, deterministic chaos in optics, pattern formation in extended media, and complex phenomena and cognitive processes. He received the Max Born Award in 1995 for his many contributions to photon statistics of lasers, cooperative atomic radiation effects, and laser instabilities and chaos.
Arecchi was born in 1933 in Reggio Calabria, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in 1957. He held many teaching positions throughout his career. His most recent position was as Emeritus of Physics at the University of Firenze and the Scientific Associate of Istituto Nazionale di Ottica del CNR.
Arecchi was a Fellow of OSA and an Emeritus member, having joined the Society in 1983 and maintaining his membership for 38 years. He was also a member of the Italian Physical Society, Italian Society of Optics and Photonics, Academie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the Accademia Colombaria. He published more than 450 papers and served as editor on a number of journals all over the world.
