Background
Alexander Zelewsky was born on July 17, 1936, in Zurich, Switzerland, into the family of Othmar J. and Therese V. Zelewsky.
Alexander Zelewsky was born on July 17, 1936, in Zurich, Switzerland, into the family of Othmar J. and Therese V. Zelewsky.
After obtaining his diploma in 1960 at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Alexander von Zelewsky did his Doctor of Philosophy under the direction of Professors Walter Schneider and Gerold Schwarzenbach on "EPR-Spektren von Komplexen des zweiwertigen Kupfers mit Pyridin und Pyridinderivaten."
In 1967, after hid studying in America, he went back to Switzerland to become lecturer at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1967 - 1969 and later full Professor of inorganic chemistry there until 2006. Alexander von Zelewsky was the Dean of the Faculty of Science of the University of Fribourg from 1974 to 1975 and from 2000 to 2002, the president of the Swiss Chemical Society between 1997 and 1999 and the president of the Swiss National Science Foundation (Science division) from 1984 to 1992.
On October 4, 1960 Alexander married Hedwig L Ebner, with whom he two children: Katja Von Zelewsky Flueler and Thomas Zelewsky.