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VITELMO V. BERTERO
Pages 28-33

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... There he completed his undergraduate degree in 1947 after his studies were interrupted twice by military service. Following a stint in professional practice he was motivated by the devastation caused by the San Juan, Argentina, earthquake of 1944 to pursue advanced studies in the United States and enrolled in the doctoral program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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... He also conducted several important largescale laboratory experiments that, combined with his shaking table work, propelled advances in the design of earthquakeresistant structures in many countries. He traveled tirelessly around the world to collect firsthand postearthquake information of structural damage and to conduct in-depth studies of significant structural failures, most notably the spectacular failure of the first-story columns of the Olive View Hospital in Los Angeles due to the 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
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... , the Argentine Academy of Engineering in 1989, and the Argentine Academy of Sciences in 1971. He held honorary professorships at and honorary degrees from many universities in Latin America, including the National University of Rosario, University of Buenos Aires, and University of Mendoza in Argentina; the University of Los Andes, Mérida in Venezuela; the University of Guayaquil in Ecuador; and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
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... from the American Institute of Steel Construction; the First International Gold Medal Eduardo Torroja (1989) from the Building Sciences Institute of Spain; and the ROSE School Prize, Italy (2010)
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