Wendell Forst

Background

Forst, Wendell was born on September 28, 1926 in Trinec, Czechoslovakia. Son of Vaclav and Jirina (Sirotek) Forst. arrived in Canada, 1951.

Education

PhD, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1955.

Career

Professor, Laval U., Quebec, Canada, 1956-1986; director research, Center National de la Research Scientifique, Paris, 1986-1991; retired, 1991. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1969, 70, U. Essex, Colchester, England, 1975, 76, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California, 1983, 84, U. Louvain, Belgium, 1988.

Achievements

• Wendell Forst has been listed as a noteworthy Physical chemistry researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Theory of Unimolecular Reactions (Physical Chemistry)

Membership

Fellow Chemical Institute Canada. Member American Physical Society.

Connections

Married Annette Coda, August, 1953.

Father:

Vaclav Forst

Mother:

Jirina (Sirotek) Forst

Spouse:

Annette Coda