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George A. Olah<\/strong><\/a> was a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Founding Director of the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute in the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. He received the 1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (unshared) for his contribution to carbocation and hydrocarbon chemistry. His later work focused on the \u201cmethanol economy\u201d, where methanol and dimethyl ether are used as an alternative to fossil fuels.<\/p>\n

Olah was born in Budapest, Hungary. He earned his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Budapest. In 1957, he worked for the Dow Chemical Company. In 1965, he became Professor of Chemistry at Case Western Reserve University and in 1977, he joined the University of Southern California.<\/p>\n

Dr. Olah authored or edited some 24 books and published close to 1500 scientific papers. He held more than 190 patents. He has received many awards and recognitions, including 12 honorary degrees from various universities and were elected a member (or foreign member) of some 20 National Academies and Scientific Societies.<\/p>\n

George A. Olah passed away on March 8, 2017 at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He was 89.<\/p>\n

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Previous Olah Lecturers<\/h2>\n
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2019 – Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology<\/th>\n2008 – Robert Grubbs, California Institute of Technology<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2018 – Ben Feringa, University of Groningen, The Netherlands<\/th>\n2006 – G. K. Surya Prakash, University of Southern California<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2017 – Frances H. Arnold, California Institute of Technology<\/th>\n2005 – Kyriacos C. Nicolaou, The Scripps Research Institute<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2016 – Jan-Erling B\u00e4ckvall, Stockholm University, Sweden<\/th>\n2004 – Peter J. Stang, The University of Utah<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2015 – Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University<\/th>\n2003 – Paul von Ragu\u00e9 Schleyer, University of Georgia<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2014 – Arieh Warshel, University of Southern California<\/th>\n2002 – F. Albert Cotton, Texas A&M University<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2013 – Herbert Mayr, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen<\/th>\n2001 – Ryoji Noyori, Nagoya University<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2011 – Kendall N. Houk, University of California, Los Angeles<\/th>\n2000 – Gabor Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2010 – Helmut Schwarz, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin<\/th>\n1999 – Ivar Ugi, Technical University of Munich<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
2009 – K. Barry Sharpless, The Scripps Research Institute<\/th>\n1996 – Istvan Hargittai, Budapest Technical University<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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