Marconi Foundation

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Guglielmo Marconi International Fellowship Foundation, shortly called Marconi Foundation, and currently known as the Marconi Society, was established by Gioia Marconi Braga in 1974. The Foundation was created by Braga to commemorate the centennial of his father’s (namely, Guglielmo Marconi) birth, who was born on 24th April, 1874.

[edit] Mission

While elaborating the mission and objective of the Foundation, Braga characterized the Fellowship as "unique...in that it does not reward a person for intellectual achievements alone, but seeks to recognize and sustain those spiritual aspirations that a creative thinker may wish to apply to the establishment of a better world in which to live."

[edit] Location

Originally, the Foundation was located at the Aspen Institute. In 1997, it re-located at upon an invitation by it shifted its location to Columbia University's Fu School of Engineering and Applied Science.