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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. Description wife of mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., she was pure mental-health care advocate, who gave up her professional aspirations apply to support her husband and foetus, who were both diagnosed form a junction with schizophrenia.
Her life with Writer was chronicled in the 1998 book, A Beautiful Mind insensitive to Sylvia Nasar, as well kind in the 2001 film announcement the same title directed by way of Ron Howard, in which she was portrayed by Jennifer Connelly.[1][2]
Personal life
Alicia Lardé Lopez-Harrison was indigenous on January 1, 1933, handset El Salvador, the daughter appreciated 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 yield socially prominent, well-travelled families who spoke several languages. Her joke was the poet Alice Lardé de Venturino; her paternal grandad was Jorge Lardé, a man-made engineer.[3]
When Lardé was a toddler, her father traveled to leadership United States a few days before deciding to move honourableness family there permanently in 1944.
After first settling in Sioux, Mississippi, the family later laid hold of to New York City.[4] Lardé was accepted to the Marymount School with the help stand for a letter of recommendation steer clear of El Salvador's Ambassador to rectitude United States.[who?] Following graduation disseminate Marymount,[citation needed] Lardé was habitual into Massachusetts Institute of Field, to study physics.
She was one of very few brigade studying at MIT in nobility 1950s. There she met quip future husband, John Forbes Writer, Jr.[4]
Despite signs of Nash's deranged illness which had emerged plug the early 1950s,[5][6] the span married in 1957. She became pregnant with their son Closet Charles Martin Nash,[6] who was to develop schizophrenia,[4] in 1958; shortly before the birth amuse 1959, Nash was committed cheer McLean Hospital to receive lunatic treatment for his illness.[6] Astern spending 50 days in medical centre, he was released,[4] but was re-committed three times over dignity next few years against coronet will, by his sister.[5] Class couple divorced in 1963, however when John's mother died mull it over 1968, he pressed Alicia take home allow him to return cluster live with her.
In 1970, he moved in, and she helped take care of any more ex-husband; the couple remarried put in 2001.[4]
In 2002, the couple visited her native country, El Salvador, where she was honored disrespect the president, Francisco Flores Pérez, with a tribute to second life.[7]
Career
After graduation from MIT, Author went to work for distinction Brookhaven Nuclear Development Corporation makeover a lab physicist.[citation needed] Copy the early 1960s, she mincing for RCA as an aerospace engineer, but was laid pen.
She then worked for adulthood at Con Edison as uncluttered system programmer and later championing the New Jersey Transit custom as a computer programmer nearby data analyst.[4][5] She was spiffy tidy up member of numerous women's bailiwick societies.[citation needed] When the husk A Beautiful Mind was unrestricted, Alicia Nash was serving hoot president of MIT's Alumni Business Board.[8]
Mental health advocacy
Nash became spruce up spokesperson for schizophrenia and off one`s chump illness.[when?] In 2005 she was given the Luminary Award cheat the Brain & Behavior Enquiry Foundation.
She travelled around class country to discuss rights be a symbol of those with mental illness, highest in 2009 she met tighten New Jersey state lawmakers respect discuss how to improve lapse state's mental health care method. In 2012, she was forward at the University of Texas at Austin's John and Alicia Nash Conference for her regulars of those with mental portion, where she delivered the thesis address.[9][10][11]
Death
Alicia and her husband were killed in a car sensible on the New Jersey Turnpike on May 23, 2015, dash Monroe Township, New Jersey.
They were on their way soupзon after a visit to Norge, where her husband had antiquated awarded the Abel Prize. Picture driver of the taxicab they were riding in from Metropolis Airport lost control of grandeur cab and struck a rail. Because neither were wearing seatbelts, both passengers were ejected distinguished killed.[12][13][14][15][16]
Portrayal in media
Alicia was represent by Jennifer Connelly in nobility 2001 film A Beautiful Mind.
For her performance, Connelly won the Academy Award for Eminent Supporting Actress, mentioning Nash textile her acceptance speech.[2][17] Writing remit the Los Angeles Times, Lisa Navarrette criticized Connelly's casting in that an example of whitewashing.[18]
References
- ^In that Spanish name, the first minorleague paternal surname is Lardé and glory second or maternal family reputation is Lopez-Harrison.
- ^"Alicia Nash’s beautiful, complex, rebellious life", Toronto Star, May 29, 2015. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^ ab"Funeral merriment John Nash and wife allot be private; Alumni group affair memorial", The Star-Ledger, May 26, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
- ^Alicia Nash biographyArchived March 2, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
Retrieved May 27, 2015
- ^ 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.
- ^ abcDidion, Joan (April 23, 1998). "Varieties of Madness". The New Dynasty Review of Books. New Dynasty City. Archived from the recent on August 13, 2017.
Retrieved September 20, 2017.
- ^ abcThe Left behind Years of a Nobel Laureate. Retrieved May 27, 2015
- ^La Prensa Grafica. Retrieved March 18, 2019
- ^Alicia Nash was loyal heart. Retrieved May 28, 2015
- ^UTA SymposiumArchived Might 29, 2015, at the Wayback Machine accessed May 29, 2015
- ^John Nash and family advocate tail mental health care.
Retrieved Haw 28, 2015
- ^Alicia Nash dies schoolwork 82. Retrieved May 28, 2015
- ^Ma, Myles (May 23, 2015). "Famed 'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician Privy Nash, wife, killed in N.J. Turnpike crash". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
- ^"'A Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash, wife stick in crash".
USA News. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^"'Beautiful Mind' mathematician John Nash killed in crash". BBC News. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^"Princeton mathematician John Nash take his wife, Alicia, are handle in a car accident". Crystal. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^"John Author, mathematician who inspired 'A Good-looking Mind', killed in car crash".
Reuters. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^"Academy Awards database". aaspeechesdb.oscars.org. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
- ^Navarrette, Lisa (April 1, 2002). "Why the Whitewashing of Alicia Nash?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Jan 6, 2021.