Kaj G. Forss, Ph.D.
Kaj G. Forss, 25.3.1925 - 22.5.2007
Curriculum vitae



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