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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.

Walter Kohn

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Walter Kohn
Age: 93 †
Born: 1923
Born: March 9
Died: 2016
Died: April 19
Chemist
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University Teacher
Vienna
Austria
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