 Csaba Horváth, Roberto C. Goizueta Professor of Chemical Engineering, died April 13, 2004, at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, Connecticut, of a stroke The American Chemical Society lists Prof. Csaba Horváth among greats like Crick and Watson, Linus Pauling, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Ernest Rutherford, individuals who have contributed most to the development of chemistry in the 20th century. Csaba Horváth, along with J. Calvin Giddings and J.F.K. Huber, had come up with the concept of the first HPLC instruments. In February of this year, Prof. Csaba Horváth was elected to the National Academy of Engineering "For pioneering the concept and the reduction to practice of high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and for leadership in the development of bioanalytical techniques." Csaba Horváth is survived by his two daughters, Donatella of New York and Katalin of London, UK, his former wife, Valeria Scioscioli, of New York, and his sister, Dr. Tünde Horváth Pungor, of Hungary. A memorial service was held in Battell Chapel Saturday, May 8 (the PROGRAM includes reminiscences). The reception was held at the New Haven Lawn Club. In
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