Background
Komarewsky, Vasili Ilyich was born on February 17, 1895 in Moscow, Russia. Son of Ilya V. and Olga P. (Kindiakova) Komarewsky.
Komarewsky, Vasili Ilyich was born on February 17, 1895 in Moscow, Russia. Son of Ilya V. and Olga P. (Kindiakova) Komarewsky.
Graduate Moscow 9th Gymnasium, 1913. Doctor of Philosophy, University Moscow, 1925.
Came to the United States, 1932, naturalized, 1938. Research fellow Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Berlin, 1926-1930. Research chemist Universal Oil Product Company, Chicago, 1932-1941.
Professor chemical engineering, director catalysis laboratory Illinois Institute Technology, since 1936.
Member American Chemical Society, Illinois Academy Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Alpha Chi Sigma, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Jessie Baxter, July 15, 1933.