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Arie Jan Haagen-Smit

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Dutch chemist (1900-1977)

United StatesScientistsLived 1900 to 1977 · aged 76
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Arie Jan Haagen-Smit was a Dutch chemist. He is best known for linking the smog in Southern California to automobiles and is therefore known by many as the "father" of air pollution control. After serving as an original board member of the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, formed in 1960 to combat the smog, Dr.

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Awards 8

1974Elliott Cresson Medal
1974Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
1973National Medal of Science
1972NAS Award for Environmental Quality
1969Hodgkins Medal
1964Tolman Award
1950Ernest Guenther Award
Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

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Gilbert F. WhiteAlso won NAS Award for Environmental QualityFrits Warmolt WentAlso won Hodgkins MedalDuilio ArigoniAlso won Ernest Guenther AwardRichard B. AlleyAlso won Tyler Prize for Environmental AchievementBenjamin Chew TilghmanAlso won Elliott Cresson MedalPeter DervanAlso won Tolman Award

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Arie Jan Haagen-Smit was a Dutch chemist. He is best known for linking the smog in Southern California to automobiles and is therefore known by many as the "father" of air pollution control. After serving as an original board member of the Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, formed in 1960 to combat the smog, Dr. Haagen-Smit became the California Air Resources Board's first chairman in 1968. Shortly before his death in Pasadena, California, of lung cancer, the Air Resources Board's El Monte Laboratory was named after him.

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United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1900 to 1977 · aged 76
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8 languages

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