Kurt Komarek

Kurt Ludwig Komarek (born June 23, 1926 in Vienna ; † May 18, 2016 ) was an Austrian chemist and rector of the University of Vienna .

Life

Komarek initially worked from 1950 to 1953 in the research department of the Treibacher Chemische Werke in Carinthia, and from 1953 to 1966 he taught at New York University . In 1966 he was appointed to the University of Vienna , until 1994 he was university professor and head of the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry , in 1974 and 1975 additionally dean of the Philosophical Faculty and from 1977 to 1979 rector of the University of Vienna.

Komarek was a real member of the mathematical and natural science class of the Austrian Academy of Sciences .

From 1982 to 1991 he was President of the Fund for the Promotion of Scientific Research (FWF).

Awards

1981: Erwin Schrödinger Prize
1983: Prize of the City of Vienna for Natural Sciences
1988: Jakob Prandtauer Prize for Science and Art from the City of St. Pölten
2005: Honorary doctorate from the University of Stuttgart
2006: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class

Publications

Corrosion of austenitic steels in liquid sodium . Vienna 1983
Virtuality and Reality: Image and Reality in Science . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 1998
About 120 scientific publications

Web links

Entry on Kurt Komarek in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Literature by and about Kurt Komarek in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Former University of Vienna Rector and FWF President Kurt Komarek has died
^ Rectors of the University of Vienna in the 20th and 21st centuries
↑ Kurt L. Komarek's personal page at the Austrian Academy of Sciences ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ DerStandard.at - Former University of Vienna Rector and FWF President Komarek has died . Article dated May 23, 2016, accessed May 23, 2016.
↑ Prize winners of the Erwin Schrödinger Prize ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Prize winners - Prizes of the City of Vienna (accessed on February 9, 2017)
↑ A still young tradition is being continued - The University of Stuttgart invites you to the annual celebration ( Memento from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).
↑ Speech on the 10th anniversary of the Wittgenstein Prize and the award of decorations on September 21, 2006

personal data
SURNAME	Komarek, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Komarek, Kurt Ludwig (full name); Komarek, Kurt L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian chemist, rector of the University of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH	June 23, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	May 18, 2016

[1] Former University of Vienna Rector and FWF President Kurt Komarek has died

[2] Rectors of the University of Vienna in the 20th and 21st centuries

[3] Kurt L. Komarek's personal page at the Austrian Academy of Sciences ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[4] DerStandard.at - Former University of Vienna Rector and FWF President Komarek has died . Article dated May 23, 2016, accessed May 23, 2016.

[5] Prize winners of the Erwin Schrödinger Prize ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[6] Prize winners - Prizes of the City of Vienna (accessed on February 9, 2017)

[7] A still young tradition is being continued - The University of Stuttgart invites you to the annual celebration ( Memento from October 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).

[8] Speech on the 10th anniversary of the Wittgenstein Prize and the award of decorations on September 21, 2006