Hungarian-born American Nobel-laureate George Oláh was laid to rest in Budapest

Hungary will keep the memory of George Oláh (in Hungarian György Oláh) in the book of not only the great Hungarian scientists, but that of great Hungarian patriots, the prime minister said at the funeral of the Hungarian-born American Nobel-laureate chemist in Kerepesi Cemetery, Budapest on Tuesday.

Oláh, who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1994, died at his home in Beverly Hills on March 8, aged 89. According to his will, he was laid to rest in Budapest, his hometown.

Addressing the ceremony in the Fiume Road National Graveyard, Viktor Orbán said that Oláh was someone always walking his own path, a man unwilling to compromise.

“Even when he ascended to the top of the scientific world to receive the Nobel Prize, he handled it humbly, with a great honour, with due respect of a great personality,” Orbán said.