George Andrew Olah

George Andrew Olah
George Andrew Olah
	Olah in 2009
Born	Oláh András György; May 22, 1927; Budapest, Hungary
Died	March 8, 2017 (aged 89); Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Citizenship	Hungary; U.S.;
Alma mater	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Known for	Carbocations via superacids
Spouse	Judit Lengyel (m. 1949)
Children	2
Awards	Tolman Award (1991); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1994); ForMemRS (1997); Arthur C. Cope Award (2001); Order of the Rising Sun (2003); Priestley Medal (2005); Hungarian Order of Pro Merit (2006);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Case Western Reserve University; University of Southern California;

George Andrew Olah (born Oláh András György; May 22, 1927 – March 8, 2017) was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996.

After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he emigrated to the United Kingdom, which he left for Canada in 1964, finally resettling in the United States in 1965. According to György Marx, he was one of The Martians.

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