Olah, George Andrew
Born: May 22, 1927 AD
Currently alive, at 81 years of age.
Nationality:
Hungarian
Categories:
Chemists
1927 - Born on the 22nd of May in Hungary.
1956 - He and his family moved briefly to England and then to Canada where he joined Dow Chemical in Sarnia.
1965 - He returned to Academia at Case Western Reserve University.
1971 - He became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States.
1994 - He won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
2005 - He is currently a distinguished professor at the University of Southern California.
- He was the director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute.
- He wrote an essay promoting the Methanol Economy.
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