George Andrew Olah was a Hungarian-American chemist. His research involved the generation and reactivity of carbocations via superacids. For this research, Olah was awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994 "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry." He was also awarded the Priestley Medal, the highest honor granted by the American Chemical Society and F.A. Cotton Medal for Excellence in Chemical Research of the American Chemical Society in 1996. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1994, announced October 12, 1994. George A. Olah, “for his contribution to carbocation chemistry”. George A. Olah: born 1927, Budapest, Hungary. Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).