Born: 25-Jan-1917
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
Died: 28-May-2003
Location of death: Brussels, Belgium
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Chemist

Nationality: Belgium
Executive summary: Thermodynamic systems

Father: Roman Prigogine (chemical engineer, d. 1974)
Mother: Julia Wichman
Brother: Alexander
Wife: Marina Prokopowicz (m. 1961, two sons)

    University: PhD, Université Libre de Bruxelles (1941)
    Professor: Université Libre de Bruxelles (1947-)
    Professor: University of Texas at Austin (1967-2003)

    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1977
    Rumford Medal 1976
    Naturalized Belgian Citizen 1949

Author of books:
From Being To Becoming (1980)
End of Certainty (1997)

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