Sad Demise of Dr. Doraiswamy, Former CSIR-NCL Director

摘要

Dr. L. K. Doraiswamy, Former Director, CSIR-NCL, Pune (1978–1989) passed away on Saturday, the 2nd June 2012 in USA. LKD (as known to his colleagues at CSIR-NCL and friends) was holding the position of the Anson Marston Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Iowa State University. Born at Bangalore on May 13, 1927, LKD obtained BSc (1946) in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai, MS (1950) and PhD (1952) in Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. LKD joined National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) in 1954 and rose through the positions of Senior Scientist, Assistant Director, Deputy Director, and Director. LKD served as the ?rst non-chemist director at CSIR-NCL. He received Honorary DSc degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA and University of Salford, UK. After superannuation from CSIR-NCL, he moved to Iowa State University.