Questionaire:
Address: Le Selve Vecchie, Selve Nuove 47, Città della Pieve, 06062, Italy
Email address: bernard.schutz@aei.mpg.de
Phone(s): +44 753565 0477
Class of: 1967
College Major: Physics
Career / Worked for:
-Yale University 1972-4
- Cardiff University (Wales) 1974-1995 and (part-time) 2014-present
-Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Germany) 1995-2014
Most Interesting Job: Director of a Max Planck research institute
Spouse: none (divorced), but my partner is Catherine Scott
Met partner at: online
Kids:
Rachel Schutz (classical singer)
Catherine Schutz (lawyer)
Annalie Schutz (psychological counsellor)
Pets: Bertie the dog (Norfolk terrier), Peppe the cat (adopted stray)
Retired Spend Time/Hobbies: Hiking, travel, skiing, bread-baking
Where lived:
-Pasadena CA 1967-71
-Cambridge England 1971-2
-New Haven CT 1972-4
After that settled in Europe:
-Cardiff Wales 1974-1995
-Berlin Germany 1995-2014
-Cardiff again 2014-19
-Città della Pieve, in Umbria Italy, 2019-present
Most interesting place visited: Japan
Greatest accomplishment since graduation:
1.Personal: raising three lovely talented daughters
2.Professional: Science work that led to election to US National Academy of Sciences and UK Royal Society
One thing you know now that you wish you knew in college: How to relax!
Favorite Triangle or College Memory: Triangle parties, touch football on the back lawn
News that stands out: Member of team that made first detection of gravitational waves (and continues to do so). Team leaders (not me!, but does include my PhD supervisor) got the Nobel Prize in Physics 2017.
Friends anxious to see: Sorry I can’t be there.
Health issues: Thankfully nothing serious.