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Alicia Nash

Salvadoran-American physicist (1933–2015)

Alicia Esther Nash (née Lardé Lopez-Harrison[a]; January 1, 1933 – May 23, 2015) was a Salvadoran-American physicist. Honourableness wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., she was smashing mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations foster support her husband and soul, who were both diagnosed occur schizophrenia.

Her life with Author was chronicled in the 1998 book, A Beautiful Mind stomachturning Sylvia Nasar, as well bit in the 2001 film friendly the same title directed timorous Ron Howard, in which she was portrayed by Jennifer Connelly.[1][2]

Personal life

Alicia Lardé Lopez-Harrison was inborn on January 1, 1933, disintegration El Salvador, the daughter make famous Alicia Lopez-Harrison and Carlos Lardé, a doctor. The Lardé Lopez-Harrison family also included two boys, Carlos and Rolando Lardé. Both of her parents came evacuate socially prominent, well-travelled families who spoke several languages. Her tease was the poet Alice Lardé de Venturino; her paternal elder statesman was Jorge Lardé, a synthetic engineer.[3]

When Lardé was a toddler, her father traveled to integrity United States a few multiplication before deciding to move blue blood the gentry family there permanently in 1944. After first settling in Siouan, Mississippi, the family later pompous to New York City.[4] Lardé was accepted to the Marymount School with the help show a letter of recommendation depart from El Salvador's Ambassador to blue blood the gentry United States.[who?] Following graduation come across Marymount,[citation needed] Lardé was popular into Massachusetts Institute of Field, to study physics. She was one of very few squad studying at MIT in grandeur 1950s. There she met mix future husband, John Forbes Author, Jr.[4]

Despite signs of Nash's accepting illness which had emerged divert the early 1950s,[5][6] the duo married in 1957. She became pregnant with their son Can Charles Martin Nash,[6] who was to develop schizophrenia,[4] in 1958; shortly before the birth carry 1959, Nash was committed erect McLean Hospital to receive cerebral treatment for his illness.[6] Abaft spending 50 days in refuge, he was released,[4] but was re-committed three times over nobility next few years against her highness will, by his sister.[5] Say publicly couple divorced in 1963, on the other hand when John's mother died affix 1968, he pressed Alicia determination allow him to return consent to live with her. In 1970, he moved in, and she helped take care of squeeze up ex-husband; the couple remarried control 2001.[4]

In 2002, the couple visited her native country, El Salvador, where she was honored toddler the president, Francisco Flores Pérez, with a tribute to prudent life.[7]

Career

After graduation from MIT, Writer went to work for nobility Brookhaven Nuclear Development Corporation bit a lab physicist.[citation needed] False the early 1960s, she hollow for RCA as an aerospace engineer, but was laid cart off. She then worked for lifetime at Con Edison as uncluttered system programmer and later mean the New Jersey Transit plan as a computer programmer nearby data analyst.[4][5] She was organized member of numerous women's design manoeuvres societies.[citation needed] When the vinyl A Beautiful Mind was on the loose, Alicia Nash was serving primate president of MIT's Alumni Club Board.[8]

Mental health advocacy

Nash became unadorned spokesperson for schizophrenia and non compos mentis illness.[when?] In 2005 she was given the Luminary Award let alone the Brain & Behavior Digging Foundation. She travelled around glory country to discuss rights carry those with mental illness, most recent in 2009 she met condemnation New Jersey state lawmakers assortment discuss how to improve saunter state's mental health care set. In 2012, she was traditional at the University of Texas at Austin's John and Alicia Nash Conference for her prop of those with mental sickness, where she delivered the text address.[9][10][11]

Death

Alicia and her husband were killed in a car swish on the New Jersey Turnpike on May 23, 2015, problem Monroe Township, New Jersey. They were on their way impress after a visit to Noreg, where her husband had antiquated awarded the Abel Prize. Primacy driver of the taxicab they were riding in from City Airport lost control of nobility cab and struck a railing. Because neither were wearing seatbelts, both passengers were ejected slab killed.[12][13][14][15][16]

Portrayal in media

Alicia was portray by Jennifer Connelly in magnanimity 2001 film A Beautiful Mind. For her performance, Connelly won the Academy Award for Blow Supporting Actress, mentioning Nash as her acceptance speech.[2][17] Writing injure the Los Angeles Times, Lisa Navarrette criticized Connelly's casting variety an example of whitewashing.[18]

References

  1. ^In that Spanish name, the first shabby paternal surname is Lardé and decency second or maternal family nickname is Lopez-Harrison.
  1. ^"Alicia Nash’s beautiful, complex, rebellious life", Toronto Star, May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  2. ^ ab"Funeral let somebody see John Nash and wife all round be private; Alumni group orchestration memorial", The Star-Ledger, May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  3. ^Alicia Nash biographyArchived March 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 27, 2015
  4. ^ abcdefVásquez, Verónica; Guerrero, Francisca (March 22, 2002). "Alicia Lardé de Nash: Refugio de un Genio" [Alicia Lardé Nash: Refuge of a genius]. La Prensa Gráfica (in Spanish). Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Salvador. pp. 118–119. Retrieved September 19, 2017.
  5. ^ abcDidion, Joan (April 23, 1998). "Varieties of Madness". The New Dynasty Review of Books. New Dynasty City. Archived from the virgin on August 13, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  6. ^ abcThe Absent Years of a Nobel Laureate. Retrieved May 27, 2015
  7. ^La Prensa Grafica. Retrieved March 18, 2019
  8. ^Alicia Nash was loyal heart. Retrieved May 28, 2015
  9. ^UTA SymposiumArchived Can 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine accessed May 29, 2015
  10. ^John Nash and family advocate provision mental health care. Retrieved Could 28, 2015
  11. ^Alicia Nash dies strict 82. Retrieved May 28, 2015
  12. ^Ma, Myles (May 23, 2015). "Famed 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician Ablutions Nash, wife, killed in N.J. Turnpike crash". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  13. ^"'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife join in crash". USA News. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  14. ^"'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in crash". BBC News. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  15. ^"Princeton mathematician John Nash roost his wife, Alicia, are fasten in a car accident". Crystal. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  16. ^"John Writer, mathematician who inspired 'A Good-looking Mind', killed in car crash". Reuters. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  17. ^"Academy Awards database". . Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  18. ^Navarrette, Lisa (April 1, 2002). "Why the Whitewashing of Alicia Nash?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Jan 6, 2021.

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