PETER G.O. FREUND, PROFESSOR EMERITUS

This page is dedicated to Peter George Oliver Freund, the internationally known scientist with strong Timisoara and ILSA roots.

 

THE TIMISOARA / ILSA CONNECTION

- born in Timisoara (1936)

- campion şcolar, 33 meter breaststroke (1949)

- C.D. Loga High School graduate (1953)

- Facultatea de Electrotehnica graduate (Institutul Politehnic Timisoara, 1958)

SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND TITLES

- Ph.D. in Physics, Vienna, 1960
- Professor Emeritus, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago

- Fellow, American Physical Society

- Honorary Degree, West University of Timisoara (1996)

- Author of countless scientific books and papers

HOBBIES

In addition to his academic work, Peter Freund also writes fiction. You may want to check out Peter's literary home page at www.geocities.com/freund9y/Index.html, a site that contains further links to a number of his short stories. Timisoara and Arad provide the background for two short stories, namely "Koloman's Cross" and "The Love Life of a Jewish Gary Cooper".

 

More of Peter Freund's writings can be accessed via the following links:

http://www.emia.ro/webproshop /pagina_shop.htm
http://www.secolul21.ro/numere /cultura/cult.html

 

Peter Freund is also an amateur literary critic. To read some of his book reviews, click on the link below: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/cm/member-reviews/-/A1HIDW0RGD6PSO/1/ref=cm_cr_auth/104-0057353-3036712 

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FAMILY TIES

Peter Freund is related to two highly successful athletes: ILSA legend Freund Imre (Apaca) is his uncle and Roland Freund (Germany's top player during the 1980s) is his first cousin. 

SOME OF THE SCIENTIFIC TOPICS COVERED BY PETER G.O. FREUND: