The late Christine and George Sosnovsky

Professor George Sosnovsky was born in 1920 in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee from 1967 to 2018. George received his PhD from the University of Innsbruck in 1948, where he met his wife Christine who was born in Vienna. Christine held a doctorate in physical chemistry from the University of Innsbruck). They lived and worked all over the world include Melbourne, Australia; Adelaide, Australia; Chicago, Illinois; London, England; Tubingen, Germany; and Milwaukee.

George was responsible for the design of the current Chemistry Building and authored more than 175 publications and two books. His second book was published when he was in his 90’s.