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In Memoriam: Božo Težak (1907-1980), Schools/Conferences/Symposia, Croatia, 1969-1990.

In 1969. the first SUMMER SCHOOL SOLID/LIQUID INTERFACES was initiated and organized in Dubrovnik-Cavtat by Professor Božo Težak, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. His primary intention was to initiate discussions on the solid/liquid interfaces in colloid chemistry. Six international summer schools, conferences or symposia followed and new topics were included. The Proceedings of the meetings were published in Croatica Chemica Acta, 42(1970) No 2, 1-300 ; 45(1973)1-307 ; 48(1976), No. 4, 391-686 ; 56(1983), No. 3, 315-551 ; 60(1987), No. 3, 357-294. Till his premature passing away in 1980, Professor Božo Težak was the Chairman of the Scientific and Organizing Committees and Editor in Chief of the Proceedings. One hundred and forty contributions, from twenty one countries, were presented at all meetings. Seventy three contributions by authors from fifteen countries dealt with the solid/liquid interfaces in colloids. Papers discussing double layers on colloidal solid/liquid interfaces were not separated from the papers treating electrochemical and electrical double layers with homogeneously spread electronic charges on electrode surface. The interfaces on colloidal particles are ionic and the point charge double layer model is only correct for them. All theories were based on the incorrect homogeneous charge double layer model which holds for electrodes of Galvanic cells only. The postulates of the theories were not checked experimentally. Professor Božo Težak practiced, fought for and believed in the following main principles of science: (1) the right to publish theoretical and experimental results, (2) the freedom to choose what to publish, (3) the responsibility for what is published, and (4) the duty to study and apply the published results. He hoped that in this way science would acquire an adequate position in contemporary society and that it would best serve the benefit of mankind. Many Editors of many journals and their referees do not act in accordance with the ethically and scientifically correct Težak's principles. The present author's contradicting experiences are described in his “Open Letter” (available on request from the Author!). The said meetings fulfilled the tremendous task in unifying the scientists from all over the world in the search for scientific truth. We, the scientists should agree with Professor Božo Težak's principles and should follow them. All of us who knew him, or were familiar his activities, owe him profound thankfulness and immense gratitude. (Remark: The present author is confident that all B. Teaak's principles are in full accord with Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research, 12A Langmuir, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1998.)

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