What is George Andrew Olah?
{{Nobelprize|Chemistry}} {{Infobox Scientist |name = George Andrew Olah |image =Oláh György előadása 8299 cropped.JPG |birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|5|22}} |birth_place = [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|3|8|1927|5|22}} |death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California|Beverly Hills]], [[California]], [[United States|U.S.]] |nationality = [[Hungary|Hungarian]] |field = [[Chemistry]] |work_institution = [[Case Western Reserve University]] [[University of Southern California]] |alma_mater = [[Budapest University of Technology and Economics]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Carbocation]]s using [[superacid]]s |prizes = [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] 1994 |footnotes = }} '''George Andrew Olah''' (May 22, 1927 &ndash; March 8, 2017) was an Hungarian-born American [[chemist]]. His research involves the generation and reactivity of [[carbocation]]s using [[superacid]]s. For this research, Olah was awarded a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1994/index.html|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994|publisher=The Nobel Foundation|accessdate=2008-12-22}}</ref> The [[American Chemical Society]] gave him its highest honor, the [[Priestley Medal]]. ==Life== Olah was born in Budapest, Hungary, on May 22, 1927. He studied high school at Budapesti Piarista Gimnazium ([[Piarists|Scolopi fathers]]). He studied, then taught, at what is now [[Budapest University of Technology and Economics]]. Following the [[1956 Hungarian Revolution]], he and his family moved briefly to [[England]], They then moved to [[Canada]]. He joined [[Dow Chemical]] in [[Sarnia]], Ontario, with another Hungarian chemist, Stephen J. Kuhn. During Olah's eight years with Dow, he started to study carbocations.<ref>{{cite book | author = George A. Olah | title = Friedel-Crafts and Related Reactions | publisher = John Wiley and