Biography:Jorolf Alstad
Jorolf Alstad (6 April 1927 – 21 November 2014) was a Norwegian nuclear chemist.
He was born in Frol.[1] In his younger days he was a ski jumper and football player for Frol IL, later Akademisk BK in Oslo.[2]
Graduating with the cand.real. degree in 1957, he was a student of Alexis Pappas. He was appointed as an associate professor of nuclear chemistry at the University of Oslo in 1964, advancing to professor in 1991.[3] He had research stints at CERN, the École européenne de chimie, polymères et matériaux and the Tokai Research Establishment.[4] His fields of expertise included extraction, ion exchange and the chemistry of rare-earth minerals.[3] He was inducted into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in 1983.[5]
He frequented the University of Oslo as a professor emeritus up until his death in November 2014, aged 87.[3]
References
- ↑ "70 år" (in no). Aftenposten: p. 27. 6 April 1997.
- ↑ Brustad, Arne (1952) (in no). Aktive fotballspillere. 1. Oslo: Idrettsforlaget. p. 592.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Omtvedt, Jon Petter (6 December 2014). "Jorolf Alstad" (in no). Aftenposten: p. 61.
- ↑ "75 år" (in no). Aftenposten: p. 23. 6 April 2002.
- ↑ "Norske medlemmer". Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. http://www.dnva.no/c26848/artikkel/vis.html?tid=26857.
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