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CHARLES W. TOBIAS
Pages 318-321

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From page 319...
... In 1947, following his brother Cornelius who was a faculty member in medical physics at Berkeley, Charles left Hungary for the United States and Berkeley, California. Shortly thereafter, he was hired by Dean Wendell Latimer of the College of Chemistry at Berkeley to join the faculty of the nascent Chemical Engineering Group.
From page 320...
... As chair of the Berkeley Chemical Engineering Department from 1967 to 1972, Charles placed strong emphasis on broadening the department to cover the newer subfields of chemical engineering, in particular the processing steps involved in semiconductor manufacture. This interest meshed well with the development of Silicon Valley and led to close ties between Berkeley chemical engineering and that growing industry.
From page 321...
... He took a special interest in helping refugees from Hungary, beginning with the 1956 Hungarian revolt, and brought many to the United States and Berkeley. One of these, Louis Hegedus, is now an NAE member.


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