Venice Kamel Gouda (7 October 1934 – 21 March 2021) was an Egyptian research professor and a Minister of State for Scientific Research from 1993 to 1997.
Early life
Daughter to accountant Kamel Gouda and his wife Victoria Attalah, Venice was born on 7 October 1934 and received her B.Sc. degree from Ain Shams University in 1956. She did her M.Sc. (1959) and PhD (1962) from Cairo University.
Career
Gouda began her career as an assistant research chemist at the National Research Centre (NRC) in 1956 and from 1962 to 1966, was an associate professor at the Clarkson College of Technology. In 1991, she became the director of NRC's applied inorganic chemistry division. In October 1993 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appointed her the Minister of State for Scientific Research, a post she held till July 1997.
Gouda was an active member of the International Corrosion Council and headed several Egyptian delegations to foreign countries. In recognition of her contributions to scientific research, the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology honoured her in 1974. She was also awarded by the NRC and presidential decoration (1976).
Death
Gouda died on 21 March 2021, at the age of 86.
References
- ^ Publitec Publications (1 January 2007). Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008. Gruyter. pp. 338–39. ISBN 978-3-11-093004-7.
- "Speaker Details: Dr. Venice Kamel Gouda". Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- "Venice Kamel Gouda (1934 – 2021), academician and first Minister of Scientific Research passes away". wataninet.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- "How Venice Gouda (1934 – 2021) helped the jobless find jobs". wataninet.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
External links
- Venice Kamel Gouda publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Publications by Venice Kamel Gouda at ResearchGate