An idealist with great social sensitivity, he believed honest scientists should not work just for their own curriculum and prestige and instead should work on key areas for society. Sincere, loyal, and demanding of himself and others, mountains and research were his two passions.
The eldest of four children, Víctor was always brimming with life and optimism that was only tempered by his extreme generosity and ingrained sense of family and social responsibility. With family roots in Aragon and captivated by the Pyrenees from an early age, he felt Aragonese through and through, despite his universal outlook: he realised the pursuit of knowledge, which he dedicated his life to, could be no other way. At the age of six, he came to Zaragoza, the city he was linked with from then on and where, in the main, he enjoyed a long and successful career. Víctor was born on 20 December 1950 in the city of Castellón de la Plana where his civil-servant parents had been posted. This introduction, that I do not want to extend, reveals how hard it is for me to comment on the man Víctor was.
#Manuel vidrio professional#
Even when our professional interests later diverged, we still continued to exchange our points of view, safe in the knowledge that we could rely on each other to be a loyal, constructive, and discreet critic. That is how we met, and it marked the beginning of a close scientific collaboration and a firm lifelong friendship. That student was Víctor Orera, and, as our boss was absent, it fell to him to welcome me and describe their scientific activities with his proverbial optimism. Alcalá and a young student who had just begun his PhD. Casas invited me to join his laboratory as part of a small, newly formed research group comprising Dr.
When I completed my bachelor's degree, Prof.
0 kommentar(er)
