George, Andrew

George Andrew Olah (1927-) was born in Budapest. Hungary, and received a doctorate in 1949 at the Technical University of Budapest. During the Hungarian revolution in 1956. he immigrated to Canada and joined the Dow Chemical Company. After moving to the United States, he was professor of chemistry at Case Western Reserve University (1965-1977) and then at the University of Southern California (1977- ). He received the 1994 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work on carbocations. 

Superacids. I. Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927- II. Olah,... 

I. Olah, George A. (George Andrew), 1927- II. Klumpp, Douglas A., 1964-Superelectrophiles and their chemistry / by George A. Olah and Douglas A. Klumpp. p. cm. 

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data. Brown, Herbert Charles, 1912-In memory of H. L. Meerwein. (Topics in current chemistry v. 80) Bibliography p. Includes index. 1. Chemistry-Addresses, essays, lectures. 2. Meerwein, Hans, 1879- I. Meerwein, Hans, 1879-11. Olah, George Andrew. 1927- joint author. III. Hogeveen, Heppie, 1952- joint author. IV. Title. V. Series. OD1.F58 vol. 80... 

Figure 1.3 Nobel laureate Professor George Andrew Olah. (From http //college usc.edu/faculty/facultyl003584.html. With permission.)...

From 1963 to 1965 Professor George Andrew Olah (Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 Figure 1.3) edited and, in part, wrote a comprehensive treatise entitled Friedel-Crafts and Related Reactions. This monograph was published in four volumes covering more than 5,000 pages (with about... 

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