Herbert Morawetz

Herbert Morawetz (October 16, 1915 – October 29, 2017) was a Czechoslovakian-American chemical engineer. He was a professor of chemistry at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; now New York University. His work focused on polymer chemistry[1] and macromolecules. He published two books: Macromolecules in Solution and Polymers and The Origins and Growth of a Science both Wiley).

Herbert Morawetz
Born(1915-10-16)October 16, 1915
Prague, Czechoslovakia
DiedOctober 29, 2017(2017-10-29) (aged 102)
New York City, U.S.
NationalityCzechoslovakian, American
OccupationChemist
Children4

Personal life

Herbert's wife Cathleen Synge Morawetz was a prolific mathematician at NYU. His sister Sonja Morawetz Sinclair revealed in 2017 she was a WW2 codebreaker after seven decades of secrecy by Bletchley Park Signals Intelligence. He helped organize the defection of Mikhail Barishnikov from the USSR 1974.[2][3] His brother, Oskar Morawetz was a Canadian composer. His brother John Morawetz was a Canadian businessman.

References
  1. "Herbert Morawetz Obituary". Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. Karen Longwell (25 August 2010). "From Baryshnikov to Bigwin, a piece of Muskoka history". Muskoka Region. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. "Present At the Defection". Maclean's. 11 July 1994. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
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