Luigi Gorini

Luigi Gorini (November 13, 1903 – August 13, 1976) was a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and a prominent professor in the Harvard Medical School, who had also been prominent in the Italian anti-fascist underground during World War II.

Early life Dr. Gorini was born in Milan on November 13, 1903. His father was a microbiologist. He earned a degree in organic chemistry from the University of Pavia in 1925 but his studies were interrupted when he refused to sign a required Fascist oath in 1931, and he worked at several small pharmaceutical concerns for the next ten years, until the outbreak of World War II. At the time he was married to his first wife, with whom he had a son, Jan, and a daughter, Isa.

Personal life In addition to his scientific career, Dr. Gorini continued his advocacy of progressive causes, speaking out against racism and the Vietnam War. In addition to the two children he had with his first wife, Gorini had one son, Daniel, from his second marriage.