• 1940 Born in Genoa on December 11.
• 1958 Graduated with a classical high school diploma from the Colombo Lyceum (Genoa).
• 1962 Graduated with a piano diploma from the Paganini Conservatory (Genoa).
• 1965 Graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering (University of Genoa).
• 1965-1972 Graduated with a part-time researcher at ILRES (Ligurian Institute for Economic and Social Research).
• 1966 Graduated with a scholarship from the Ministry of Education at the Institute of Structural Mechanics at the University of Genoa.
• 1969-1975 Graduated with a full teaching assistant in the Bridge Construction course at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Genoa.
• 1970 Graduated with a lecturer in Structural Dynamics.
• 1970-1975 Lecturer in Structural Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Genoa.
• 1974 Publication of Materialism and Scientific Thought (Tamburini, Milan).
• 1975 Full Professor of Structural Engineering at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa.
• 1977-1980 Lecturer in Contemporary Culture at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy (Genoa).
• 1978 Publication of The Knowledge of God (Borla, Rome), in collaboration with G. Baget-Bozzo.
• 1980-1997 Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa.
• 1981 Publication of The Science of Structural Engineering and Its Historical Development (Sansoni, Florence).
• 1981: Publication of La Figura e il Regno (Vallecchi, Florence), in collaboration with G. Baget-Bozzo.
• 1982-1998: Director of the Institute of Construction at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Genoa.
• 1985-1990: Pro-Rector of the University of Genoa.
• 1991: Publication of An Introduction to the History of Structural Mechanics (2 volumes, Springer Verlag, New York).
• 1995: Publication of the Proceedings of the First Seminar Between Mechanics and Architecture (Zaragoza, August 22-29, 1993), edited by E. Benvenuto and P. Radelet De Grave (Between Mechanics and Architecture, Birkhäuser, Basel 1995).
• 1997: Publication of The Happy Announcement to the Poor. Historical Reflections on the Social Doctrine of the Church (EDB, Bologna).
• 1998 President of the Ligurian Academy of Sciences and Letters.
• 1998 Died in Genoa on November 27.

(Full bio-bibliography in Bailamme, no. 25/3, December 1999)