Remembering Luca

A day of celebration in Pavia

On March 30, 2019, former colleagues and friends of Luca assembled in Pavia – coming from all of Italy, from other European countries, and from the United States – to share their memories of him.

The meeting was held in the Aula Magna of Collegio Ghislieri, the renowned college established by Pope Pius V in 1567, which hosted Luca when he attended the Faculty of Medicine in Pavia. The elegant ambience of the former church of San Francesco di Paola, later transformed in Aula Magna, was kindly made available by the Collegio itself.
Luca Luigi Cavalli-Sforza
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Remembering Luca
A musical view of Luca’s Memorial, on March 30, 2019
Almost 200 former colleagues and friends of Luca met in Pavia to share and honor their memories of him. 28 of them spoke, addressing the audience with talks that had to be kept very short, in order there to be time to host them all. Many more of those present would have spoken, and we would here like to thank them for their willingness. Time stops for no man.

The first intervention, by Matteo Cavalli-Sforza, Luca’s eldest son and himself a Ghislieri alumnus, introduces the memorial. Violetta, his daughter, chaired the event. His other two sons, Francesco and Luca Tommaso, were also there. Each of the following speakers can be accessed individually, by clicking/tapping on the respective name. You will be redirected to a video on YouTube. Each speech is in the language chosen by the speaker, English or Italian. The slides screened by some of the speakers are available through a separate link in the video’s description.

Matteo Cavalli-Sforza
Luca's son
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  • Gian Arturo Ferrari
    Presidente Fondazione Ghislieri
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  • Emilio Girino
    Press. Ass. Alunni Collegio Ghislieri
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  • Luigi De Carli
    Università degli Studi di Pavia
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  • Silvano Riva
    CNR Pavia
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  • Orio Ciferri
    Università degli Studi di Pavia
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  • Sir Walter Bodmer
    Oxford University
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  • Gianna Zei
    CNR Pavia
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  • Vittorio Sgaramella
    CNR Pavia
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  • Anthony Edwards
    University of Cambridge
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  • Albert Ammerman
    Colgate University
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  • Enrico Alleva
    Istituto Superiore Sanità, Accademia Lincei
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  • Kenneth Kidd
    Yale University School of Medicine
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  • Giovanni Romeo
    Università di Bologna
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  • Marcus Feldman
    Stanford University
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  • Jaume Bertranpetit
    University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
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  • Barry Hewlett
    Washington State University
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  • Giuseppe Longobardi
    University of York
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  • Rosalba Guglielmino
    CNR Pavia
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  • Alberto Piazza
    Università di Torino
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  • Paolo Menozzi
    Università di Parma
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  • Agnese Visconti
    Università degli Studi di Pavia
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  • Federica Crivellaro
    University of Cambridge
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  • Joanna Mountain
    23andMe, Genetic DNA Testing and Analysis
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  • Gianni Cassani
    Università degli Studi di Pavia
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  • Giuseppe Biamonti
    CNR Pavia
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  • Francesco Cavalli-Sforza
    Luca's son
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  • Violetta Cavalli-Sforza
    Luca's daughter
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Other contributions

A few friends and colleagues, who could not be present in person, shared their thoughts and memories, in writing or with a video.

  • Italo Barrai
    Università degli Studi di Ferrara
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  • Inge Rasmussen
    Università degli Studi di Pavia
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  • Bill Stone
    University of Wisconsin, Madison
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  • David Goldstein
    Columbia University
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  • Linda Stone and Paul Lurquin
    Washington State University
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  • Neil Risch
    Stanford University
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  • Glauco Tocchini-Valentini
    CNR Roma
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Remembering Luca

A day of celebration in his name

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Luca's Family and Friends
Images of Luca's life, of his family and friends.