Orlando received in 1903 his '' laurea '' from the University of Messina , where he was a student of Bagnera and Marcolongo . After a year of graduate study at the University of Pisa , he became an assistant and '' libero docente '' at the University of Messina . After the 1908 Messina earthquake , he moved to Rome , where he taught at the '' Istituto superiore di Magistero '' and at the Aeronautical School of Engineering of the Sapienza University of Rome . He took part in some university competitions but was unsuccessful and when , in 1915 , he went into military action , some of his friends warned him that they thought his courage might quickly lead to his death . He died as Captain of Military Engineers , leading an action of his company of demolition specialists against the bridge of St. Daniel near Tolmin . ( Half of the entire Italian WW I casualties occurred in the Battles of the Isonzo . ) He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1908 in Rome
1908 Messina earthquake
1908 Messina earthquake
Luciano Orlando