Antonio della Corte Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA) 8 (Africa, Europe, Middle East) Email Award Received: Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community Date Awarded: 2019 Citation: For sustained leadership and exceptional service to the applied superconductivity community, in particular: • for his founding and gifted leadership of the Italian Consortium for Applied Superconductivity (ICAS); • for enthusiastic leadership of the Superconductivity Laboratory of the Italian National Research Agency, ENEA, and his tireless and successful efforts in motivating and stimulating its young scientists and engineers; and, • for recognized leadership within the applied superconductivity community as researcher, member, and President of the IEEE Council on Superconductivity.