{"id":232,"date":"2017-11-02T12:47:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T10:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariolopoulosfoundation-test.gr\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2018-07-22T20:48:44","modified_gmt":"2018-07-22T18:48:44","slug":"brief-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mariolopoulosfoundation.gr\/?page_id=232&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A brief historical review"},"content":{"rendered":"

The late Professor and Academician Elias G. Mariolopoulos, during the last years of his life, came\u00a0up with the idea of establishing a charitable foundation whose objective would be the promotion\u00a0and development of atmospheric sciences (Meteorology-Climatology and Atmospheric Physics). The\u00a0objectives of the Foundation included both the awarding of young people involved in these sciences\u00a0and the diffusion of issues pertaining to these sciences into society. Professor Mariolopoulos worked\u00a0on this idea with his close associates, Professor Christos Zerefos and Assistant Professor Christos\u00a0Repapis, Director of the Research Centre for Atmospheric Physics and Climatology of the Academy\u00a0of Athens, which was supervised by the late Mariolopoulos. The Professor passed away in 1991 and\u00a0his wife, the late Ekaterini-Nina Elias Mariolopoulos, in order to commemorate her husband and her\u00a0parents, Petros and Eugenia Kanaginis, decided to proceed with the establishment of the Foundation.\u00a0For this purpose, she collaborated closely with Mr. Christos Zerefos and Mr. Christos Repapis and they\u00a0resolved that the Foundation for the Environmental Sciences which was about to be established should\u00a0have an expanded scope in order to include Agricultural Sciences in honor of her late father Petros\u00a0Kanaginis, who was a distinguished agronomist. The Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the\u00a0Environmental Sciences was founded with the Presidential Decree GG (FEK) 283\/Issue \u0392\u0384\/26-4-93.\u00a0Its establishment was made possible after Ekaterini-Nina Mariolopoulos contributed part of her real\u00a0estate as sponsorship. The Foundation operates in compliance with the Greek legislation pertaining\u00a0to National Trusts, it is managed by a Board of Trustees and at the same time it collaborates with a\u00a0multinational body of advisory experts, which is composed of internationally acclaimed scientists.<\/p>\n

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The first Session of the Foundation\u2019s Board members with the Representatives of the World Meteorological Organization and the Director General of the 12th Directorate of the European Union. From the left to the right, there are C. Liatsos, C. Repapis, C. Zerefos, C. Tountas, J.P. Contzen (EU), Ekaterini-Nina Mariolopoulos, R. Bojkov (WMO), Th. Kanaginis, O. Mantis, G. Mariolopoulos (Glyfada, April 1993).<\/p><\/div>\n

The first composition of the Board of Trustees as it was designated by its founding Presidential
\nDecree was the following:<\/p>\n

The Foundation Board in April 1993<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Chair<\/p>\n

Vice Chair<\/p>\n

Secretary<\/p>\n

Treasurer<\/p>\n

Members<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Ekaterini-Nina Elias Mariolopoulos<\/p>\n

Professor Christos Zerefos<\/p>\n

Assistant Professor Christos Repapis<\/p>\n

Dr. George Mariolopoulos<\/p>\n

Professor Constantine Tountas (Academician)<\/p>\n

Professor Themistocles Kanaginis<\/p>\n

Professor Homer Mantis (Academician)<\/p>\n

Professor Panagiotis Ladas<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Alternate Members<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Professor John Zambakas<\/p>\n

Dr. Constantine Liatsos<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n