| Herbert Morawetz | |
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Chemist |
| Nationality: | Czechoslovakian, American |
| Children: | 4 |
Herbert Morawetz (October 16, 1915 – October 29, 2017) was a Czechoslovakian-American chemical engineer. He was a professor of chemistry at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; now New York University. His work focused on polymer chemistry[1] and macromolecules. He published two books: Macromolecules in Solution and Polymers and The Origins and Growth of a Science both Wiley).
Herbert's wife Cathleen Synge Morawetz was a prolific mathematician at NYU. His sister Sonja Morawetz Sinclair revealed in 2017 she was a WW2 codebreaker after seven decades of secrecy by Bletchley Park Signals Intelligence. He helped organize the defection of Mikhail Barishnikov from the USSR 1974.[2] [3] His brother, Oskar Morawetz was a Canadian composer. His brother John Morawetz was a Canadian businessman.