Abdus Salam
Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: 29 January, 1926
Place of birth: Jhang, Pakistan
| Educational Career | |
| Government College, Jhang and Lahore (1938-1946) | M.A. (Punjab University) |
| Foundation Scholar, St. John’s College, Cambridge (1946- 1949) | B.A. Honours Double first in Mathematics (Wrangler) and Physics |
| Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (1952) | Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics |
| Awarded Smith’s Prize by the University of Cambridge for “the most outstanding pre-doctoral contribution to Physics” (1950) | |
| D.Sc. Honoris Causa | |
| Punjab University, Lahore (1957) | |
| University of Edinburgh (1971) | |
| Punjab University, Lahore (Pakistan) (1957) | |
| University of Edinburgh (UK) (1971) | |
| University of Trieste (Italy) (1979) | |
| University of Islamabad (Pakistan) (1979) | |
| Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima (Peru) (1980) | |
| University of San Marcos, Lima (Peru) (1980) | |
| National University of San Antonio Abad, Cuzco (Peru) (1980) | |
| Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas (Venezuela) (1980) | |
| University of Wroclow (Poland) (1980) | |
| Yarmouk University (Jordan) (1980) | |
| University of Istanbul (Turkey) (1980) | |
| Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (India) (1981) | |
| Muslim University, Aligarh (India) (1981) | |
| Hindu University, Banaras (India) (1981) | |
| University of Chittagong (Bangladesh) (1981) | |
| University of Bristol (UK) (1981) | |
| University of Maiduguri (Nigeria) (1981) | |
| University of the Philippines, Quezon City (Philippines) (1982) | |
| University of Khartoum (Sudan) (1983) | |
| Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) (1983) | |
| City College, City University of New York (USA) (1984) | |
| University of Nairobi (Kenya) (1984) | |
| Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Argentina) (1985) | |
| Universidad Nacional de la Plata (Argentina) (1985) | |
| University of Cambridge (UK) (1985) | |
| University of Göteborg (Sweden) (1985) | |
| Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia (Bulgaria) (1986) | |
| University of Glasgow (UK) (1986) | |
| University of Science and Technology, Hefei (China) (1986) | |
| The City University, London (UK) (1986) | |
| Panjab University, Chandigarh (India) (1987) | |
| Medicina Alternativa, Colombo (Sri Lanka) (1987) | |
| National University of Benin, Cotonou (Benin) (1987) | |
| University of Exeter (UK) (1987) | |
| University of Gent (Belgium) (1988) | |
| “Creation” International Association of Scientists and Intelligentsia (USSR) (1989) | |
| Bendel State University, Ekpoma (Nigeria) (1990) | |
| University of Ghana (Ghana) (1990) | |
| University of Warwick (UK) (1991) | |
| University of Dakar (Senegal) (1991) | |
| University of Tucuman (Argentina) (1991) | |
| University of Lagos (Nigeria) (1992) | |
| Awards | |
| Hopkins Prize (Cambridge University) for “the most outstanding contribution to Physics during 1957-1958” | |
| Adams Prize (Cambridge University) (1958) | |
| First recipient of Maxwell Medal and Award (Physical Society, London) (1961) | |
| Hughes Medal (Royal Society, London) (1964) | |
| Atoms for Peace Medal and Award (Atoms for Peace Foundation) (1968) | |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Medal and Prize (University of Miami) (1971) | |
| Guthrie Medal and Prize (1976) | |
| Matteuci Medal (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome) (1978) | |
| John Torrence Tate Medal (American Institute of Physics) (1978) | |
| Royal Medal (Royal Society, London) (1978) | |
| Einstein Medal (UNESCO, Paris) (1979) | |
| Shri R.D. Birla Award (India Physics Association) (1979) | |
| Josef Stefan Medal (Josef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana) (1980) | |
| Gold Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Physics (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague) (1981) | |
| Lomonosov Gold Medal (USSR Academy of Sciences) (1983) | |
| Copley Medal (Royal Society, London) (1990) | |
| Appointments | |
| Professor, Government College and Punjab University, Lahore (1951- 1954) | |
| Elected Fellow St. John’s College, Cambridge (1951-1956) | |
| Member, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton (1951) | |
| Lecturer, Cambridge University (1954-1956) | |
| Professor of Theoretical Physics, London University, Imperial College, London, since 1957 | |
| Director, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, since 1964 | |
| Elected (First) Fellow of the Royal Society, London, from Pakistan (1959) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (1970) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1971) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member, USSR Academy of Sciences (1971) | |
| Elected, Honorary Fellow St. John’s College, Cambridge (1971) | |
| Elected, Foreign Associate, USA National Academy of Sciences (Washington) (1979) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome) (1979) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member, Accademia Tiberina (Rome) (1979) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member, Iraqi Academy (Baghdad) (1979) | |
| Elected, Honorary Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Bombay) (1979) | |
| Elected, Honorary Member, Korean Physics Society (Seoul) (1979) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member, Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco (Rabat) (1980) | |
| Elected, Foreign Member, Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze dei XL (Rome) (1980) | |
| Elected, Member, European Academy of Science, Arts and Humanities (Paris) (1980) | |
| Elected, Associate Member, Josef Stefan Institute (Ljubljana) (1980) | |
| Elected, Foreign Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi) (1980) | |
| Elected, Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (Dhaka) (1980) | |
| Elected, Member, Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Vatican City) (1981) | |
| Elected, Corresponding Member, Portuguese Academy of Sciences (Lisbon) (1981) | |
| Founding Member, Third World Academy of Sciences (1983) | |
| Elected, Corresponding Member, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts (Zagreb) (1983) | |
| Elected, Honorary Fellow, Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (1984) | |
| Elected, Honorary Member, Polish Academy of Sciences (1985) | |
| Elected, Corresponding Member, Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturales de Guatemala (1986) | |
| Elected, Fellow, Pakistan Academy of Medical Sciences (1987) | |
| Elected, Honorary Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (Bangalore) (1988) | |
| Elected, Distinguished International Fellow of Sigma Xi (1988) | |
| Elected, Honorary Member, Brazilian Mathematical Society (1989) | |
| Elected, Honorary Member, National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina (1989) | |
| Elected, Honorary Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1990) | |
| Elected, Member, Academia Europaea (1990) | |
| Orders and other Distinctions | |
| Order of Andres Bello (Venezuela) (1980) | |
| Order of Istiqlal (Jordan) (1980) | |
| Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (1980) | |
| Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1989) | |
| Awards for contributions towards peace and promotion of international scientific collaboration | |
| Atoms for Peace Medal and Award (Atoms for Peace Foundation) (1968) | |
| Peace Medal (Charles University, Prague) (1981) | |
| Premio Umberto Biancomano (Italy) (1986) | |
| Dayemi International Peace Award (Bangladesh) (1986) | |
| First Edinburgh Medal and Prize (Scotland) (1988) | |
| “Genoa” International Development of Peoples Prize (Italy) (1988) | |
| Catalunya International Prize (Spain) (1990) | |
| United Nations Assignments | |
| Scientific Secretary, Geneva Conferences on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy (1955 and 1958) | |
| Member, United Nations Advisory Committee on Science and Technology (1964-1975) | |
| Member, United Nations Panel and Foundation Committee for the United Nations University (1970-1973) | |
| Chairman, United Nations Advisory Committee on Science and Technology (1971-1972) | |
| Member, Scientific Council, SIPRI, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (1970) | |
| Vice President, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (1972-1978) |
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| Pakistan Assignments | |
| Member, Atomic Energy Commission, Pakistan (1958-1974) | |
| Adviser, Education Commission, Pakistan (1959) | |
| Member, Scientific Commission, Pakistan (1959) | |
| Chief Scientific Adviser, President of Pakistan (1961-1974) | |
| President, Pakistan Association for Advancement of Science (1961-1962) | |
| Chairman, Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Committee (1961-1964) | |
| Governor from Pakistan to the International Atomic Energy Agency(1962-1963) | |
| Member, National Science Council, Pakistan (1963-1975) | |
| Member, Board of Pakistan Science Foundation (1973-1977) | |
| Pakistani Awards | |
| Sitara-i-Pakistan (S.Pk.) | |
| Pride of Performance Medal and Award (1959) | |
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Abdus Salam died on November 21, 1996.
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