ZAGREB/ZURICH, Jan 12 (Hina) - A memorial plaque to Vladimir Prelog, eminent scientist of the Croatian background and 1975 Nobel prize winner for chemistry, was unveiled outside of Zurich's Institute for Organic Chemistry Friday, the
Croatian Consulate General in Zurich told Hina. The plaque was unveiled on the occasion of the third anniversary of Prelog's death. Prelog (1906-1998) was active in Switzerland, working as a professor and head of the organic chemistry programme at the Technical Faculty in Zurich between 1942 and 1976. His scientific career was crowned in 1975 when he, along with Australian chemist John Warcup, was presented with a Nobel award. Prelog was born in Sarajevo on July 23, 1906. In 1934 he became an assistant professor and in 1941 a professor of organic chemistry at the Zagreb Technical Faculty. He transferred to the Zurich Technical Faculty and in 1957 was appointed head of
ZAGREB/ZURICH, Jan 12 (Hina) - A memorial plaque to Vladimir
Prelog, eminent scientist of the Croatian background and 1975 Nobel
prize winner for chemistry, was unveiled outside of Zurich's
Institute for Organic Chemistry Friday, the Croatian Consulate
General in Zurich told Hina.
The plaque was unveiled on the occasion of the third anniversary of
Prelog's death.
Prelog (1906-1998) was active in Switzerland, working as a
professor and head of the organic chemistry programme at the
Technical Faculty in Zurich between 1942 and 1976.
His scientific career was crowned in 1975 when he, along with
Australian chemist John Warcup, was presented with a Nobel award.
Prelog was born in Sarajevo on July 23, 1906. In 1934 he became an
assistant professor and in 1941 a professor of organic chemistry at
the Zagreb Technical Faculty. He transferred to the Zurich
Technical Faculty and in 1957 was appointed head of the organic
chemistry programme.
He was a member of the Croatia's, Bosnia-Herzegovina's, Britain's,
France's, United States', and Russia's academies of arts and
science, and honorary doctor of the universities in Zagreb,
Liverpool, and Paris.
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