Background
Hegedus, L. Louis was born on April 13, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Lajos and Anna (Kellessy) Hegedus.
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Hegedus, L. Louis was born on April 13, 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Lajos and Anna (Kellessy) Hegedus.
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering Technology U. Budapest, 1964, Doctorate honoris causa, 1991. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1972. Research engineer Research Institute Organic Chemical Industry, Budapest, 1964-1965.
Group leader Daimler-Benz AG, Mannheim, Germany, 1965-1968.
Supervisor catalysis research General Motors Research laboratories, Warren, Michigan, 1972-1980. Director inorganic research West.R. Grace Company, Columbia, Maryland., 1980-1984, vice president research department, 1984.
Allan P. Colburn lecturer U.Del., 1976. Union Carbide lecturer State University of New York, Buffalo, 1983.
B.F. Dodge lecturer Yale University, 1988.
Judge-Advocate Gerster lecturer U. Delaware, 1988, Regents lecturer University of California at Los Angeles, 1991, Mason lecturer Stanford University, 1991, distinguished faculty lecturer University Texas, Austin, 1992, Ashton Cary lecturer Georgia Institute Technology, 1993, Hugh Hulburt Memorial lecturer Northwestern University, 1993, Warren K. Lewis lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. Member of advisory board chemical thermal bioengineering division National Science Foundation, 1985. Member.adv. board department chemical engineering Princeton University, 1980-1992, University of California, Berkeley, 1985, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Center forAdvanced Materials Surface Science Program, 1990.
Member governing board Council Chemical Research, 1987-1989, 91, chairman, 1993-1994.
Member board on chemical science and technical, National Research Council, 1991-1995, Chairman of Commission critical technologies, 1992. ActiveCommn. on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications.
General Motors Research laboratories Director inorganic research West.R. Grace Company, Columbia, Maryland. Editor 2 books on catalysis.
Fellow Am.Inst. Chemical Engineers (editorial board journal 1978-1983, 85-88, R.H. Wilhelmaward 1988, Professional Progress award 1980, Chemical Engineer of Year award Detroit 1978). Member National Academy of Engineering, American Chemical Society (Chemtech Leo Friend award 1981,editorial board Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 1992-1995), Maryland. Academy Sciences (science council 1987-1991).
Married Eva Judith Brem, March 28, 1968. Children: Caroline Nora, Monica Michelle.