Background
Kálmán, Alajos was born on June 26, 1935 in Rákoskeresztur, Pest, Hungary. Son of Peter and Peterne (Kaproncai) Maria.
Kálmán, Alajos was born on June 26, 1935 in Rákoskeresztur, Pest, Hungary. Son of Peter and Peterne (Kaproncai) Maria.
Diploma in chemistry, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 1968. Doctor of Science, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, 1975.
Research assistant Control Research Institute for Chemistry, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1958-1961; research fellow, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1961-1969; senior research fellow, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1969-1972; head research group, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, 1972-1976; head research department, Hungarian Academy Sciences, Budapest, since 1976. Director Hungarian Affiliated Center to the Cambridge Crystallographic Database, Budapest, 1979.
Member Hungarian Academy Sciences (correspondent), Hungarian Chemical Society (vice president 1990-1996, president since 1996), International Union Crystallography (vice president 1990-1993), F. Vigyázó Cultural Society (president since 1989).
Married Alajosne Eva Borbala Kiss, November 10, 1961 (divorced 1991). Children: Csaba Péter, András Pal. Married Julia Albrecht, August 10, 1991 (divorced 2008).