Bruno Finzi (1899 – 1974).
Graduation in 1919/20 in mathematics and industrial engineering at the University of Pavia.
1922 assistant of the mathematical physicist Umberto Cisotti at the Polytechnical Institute of
Milano (Technical University). Professor of rational mechanics at the University of Milano
in 1931 and later director of the mathematical Institute of the Politechnico. Contributions
to classical fluid dynamics and aeronautics as well as to space-time-geometry. Established a
sizeable school of reserchers in UFT.