Attilio Celant

Attilio Celant (born 28 December 1942 in Polcenigo), 2nd Class / Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, is an Italian economist, geographer and academic.

He is currently the President of the “''Alumni Association of Graduates in Economics“'' at Sapienza University of Rome, which includes some of the most illustrious members of the Italian economic ''intelligentsia''.

In 1968, he graduated in Economics at "Sapienza" University of Rome. From 1969 to 1972 he was editor at the ''Enciclopedia Italiana di scienze, lettere ed arti – Treccani'' (“Italian Encyclopaedia of Science, Letters, and Arts”) and from 1972 to 2000 he was the head of both Geography and Map-making publishing units.

Attilio Celant began his university teaching tenure in 1971 and was assistant professor a year later. He was promoted to associate professor in 1982 and in 1986 he became a tenured professor. In 1989 Celant was granted full professor.

In June 2005, he was appointed “Grande Ufficiale” (Grand Officer) of the Order of Merit of Italian Republic. Provided by Wikipedia