Tonolli, Livia (1909–1985)
Tonolli, Livia (1909–1985)
Italian freshwater biologist. Name variations: Livia Pirocchi; Livia Pirocchi-Tonolli. Born Livia Pirocchi, Sept 15, 1909; died Dec 15, 1985; graduate of University of Milan, 1932); m. Vittorio Tonolli (director of Pallanza Institute, died 1967).
International hydrology expert, served as a lecturer at the University of Milan's Institute of Zoology (1968–72); became assistant professor at Institute of Hydrobiology in Pallanza, Italy (1939), then deputy director, and served as director (1967–78), after husband's death; was a founding member, then president of Italian Association for Oceanography and Limnology (1976–78); edited Pallanza Institute journal Memorie; established the International Vittorio Tonolli Memorial Fund and the Vittorio Tonolli Foundation for Cardiological Culture. Received Silver Medal for Merit in Culture, Science, and Art (1974) from president of Italy, the Italian Ecological Society's Gold Medal and the Societas Internationalis Limnologiae's E. Naumann-A. Thieneman Medal (1983).