Attila Pavlath
Attila Pavlath | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 11, 1930 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | November 22, 2024 (aged 94) |
| Occupation | University Professor |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
Attila Endre Pavlath (March 11, 1930 – November 22, 2024) was a Hungarian-American chemist. He served as president of the American Chemical Society.
Life
He was born on March 11, 1930 in Budapest.[1]
He was married and had two children: Grace Pavlath and George Pavlath.[2]
He died on November 22, 2024 in Atlanta, United States.[3]
Education
He completed his diploma in chemical engineering at the Technical University of Budapest.[4]
He completed his PhD in chemistry from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[5]
Career
Academic career
He accepted a research fellow position at McGill University in 1956.[6]
He was also a member of the Royal Society of Great Britain.[7]
Corporate career
He served as a senior emeritus scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).[8]
In 1958, he joined the Stauffer Chemical Company of California where he lead a research group on agriculture related problems.[9]
He served as president of the American Chemical Society.[10]
Awards and honours
He has received a number of awards, including the Charles Lathrop Parsons Award of American Chemical Society in 2019.[11]
He has received the Kenneth A. Spencer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Agricultural and Food Chemistry from the ACS Kansas City Section in 2013.[12]
Bibliography
He has published more than 130 research papers, he has authored 10 books and several chapters, and he also holds 25 patents.[13]