In 1994, George A. Olah won the Chemistry Noble Prize.
Date of Birth: 22 May 1927.
Died: 8 March 2017
Nationality: Hungarian, American.
Education: Budapest University of Technology and Economics.
Known as: Carbocations via superacids.
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).
Fields: Chemistry.