Väinö Hovi

Wihuri International Prize 1961

Väinö Hovi
Physics

Wihuri International Prize 1961 jointly with Väinö Hovi and Joonas Kokkonen

Born 29 September 1913 in Muolaa, Finland
Died 11 July 1982 in Turku

Studied in Helsinki, several European countries and the United States
Professor of Physics at the University of Turku 1953–1977
Head of the Wihuri Physical Laboratory,
University of Turku, 1957–1977

Has lectured on numerous occasions in the United States, Canada, the Soviet Union, Japan, India, Israel and Australia

Vice President of Groupement Ampere 1970–1972
President of Congress Ampere 1972

Member:

Finnish Academy of Scienee and Letters and President 1982

Member:

International Institute of Refigeration,
American Physical Society, Physical Society of Japan
Chairman of Finnish group of physics of Soviet Finnish Scientific Technical Collaboration Committee 1970–1977

Honorary Member:

ISMAR, Refigeration Society of Finland

Publications

• The Heat of Formation of KCIKBr Solid Solutions (Doctoral Dissertation) 1948
• about 100 studies in the field of solid state, low temperature, Xray and nuclear physics