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Polya, John Bela (c. 1914 - 1992)

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Born: c. 1914 Budapest, Hungary. Died: 15 December 1992 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

John Bela Polya was Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania from 1955 to 1979. When he joined the university in 1944 he was the sole organic chemistry lecturer and set about expanding teaching and research in the subject. He gained international recognition for his work in heterocyclic chemistry, especially 1,2,4-triazoles. Polya was a very passionate and opinionated person, who was staunchly opposed to the fluoridation of Australia's drinking water.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1936 Completed studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
1937 - 1939 Rockefeller Scholar in Organic Chemistry at the University of Manchester and then Imperial College, London
1939 - c. 1945 Worked in the chemistry industry in Sydney and Melbourne
1944 - 1948 Corporate member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute
1945 - 1946 Head of the chemical investigations sub-section at the Munitions Supply Laboratories in Maribyrnong, Victoria
1946 - 1955 Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Tasmania
1948 - Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (FRACI)
1952 Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Tasmania
1955 - 1979 Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania
1977 - 1978 President of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Tasmanian branch
1978 - 1979 Chairman of the Organic Chemistry Division of the RACI
1979 Retired

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Created: 21 September 2006

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