Kaj G. Forss, Ph.D.

Kaj G. Forss, 25.3.1925 - 22.5.2007

Forss, Kaj Gustav, born March 25, 1925

  Ph.D. 1963, Åbo Akademi, Finland  

Chemist, Oy Medica Ab, 1953-1956   

Research Manager, The Finnish Pulp and Paper Research Institute, 1956-1990

  Consultant, Pulp Manufacturers' Research League, Appleton WI, USA, 1965   

Senior Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering,  University of Washington, Seattle WA, 1969-1970

  Lecturer (docent) in wood chemistry at the University of Helsinki, 1968-1989

Board member, Finnish Chemical Society 1965-1969, 1983-1987,  chairman 1965, 1984, 1985  

Board Member, Association of Finnish Chemical Societies, 1985-1987, 1990-1992, 
chairman 1991, 1992  

Board member and chairman of the Finnish Wood and Polymer Society 1983-1986   

Member of the Swedish Technical Academy in Finland since 1976,  board member 1985-1991  

Member of the Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences since 1980    

Numerous scientific publications and patents and several industrial applications.

 Awards:  

Decorated Knight Order of the White Rose (Finland)  

Recipient Prize of Honor, Foundation of Technology in Finland 1974  

The Environmental Prize of the President of Finland 1975  

The Centennial Medal of the Engineering Society in Finland 1980

 IR 100 Award for Significant Innovation, Chicago, USA, 1981