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George A. Olah

George A. OlahAKA George Andrew Olah

Born: 22-May-1927
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary

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

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Isolated carbonium ions

Father: Julius Olah (lawyer)
Mother: Magda Krasznai
Wife: Judith Lengyel (m. 1949)
Son: George John (b. 1954 in Budapest)
Son: Ronald Peter (b. 1959 in Sarnia, Ontario)

    University: PhD, Technical University of Budapest (1949)
    Professor: Technical University of Budapest (1949-54)
    Professor: Case Western Reserve University (1965-77)
    Professor: University of Southern California (1977-)

    Dow Chemical Research Chemist (1957-65)
    Bush-Cheney '04
    George W. Bush for President
    Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1994
    Priestley Medal 2005
    Naturalized US Citizen 1971


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