Pericles S. THEOKARIS
Physicist;
(b. Athens, 24 September 1921 – d. Athens, 15 September 1999) 

University professor: National Technical University of Athens, full professor from 1968 (dean in 1974)

Membership of SASA Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: foreign member from 22 May 1975; Department of Mathematics, Physics and Geosciences: foreign member from 8 June 1998

Accession speech: Delivered on 18 November 1982; Lecture at SASA. Analysis of fracture shapes of composite elements (construction) using caustic surfaces

Awards and recognitions: Empeirikeion Award, 1974; Golden Cross of Courage, Golden Cross of the Order of King George the First; Commander of the Order of Phoenix, 1972; Medal of Merit; Aurel Vlaicu Award of the National Academy of Sciences and Arts of Romania, 1980; T. Bernard Hall Prize of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers of Great Britain, 1974