been left vacant by the death of his advisor Paul Niggli. He remained in Zurich until his retirement in 1976. Laves was the editor of the journal Zeitschrift für Kristallographie between 1955 and 1978, which honoured him with a special issue in May 2006 commemorating the hundredth anniversary of his birth. The issue was devoted to the crystal chemistry of intermetallic compounds and included two articles on Laves' contributions to crystallography. Personal life Laves was married to architect Melitta Druckenmüller (1907 – 1990), who assisted him with many of the illustrations in his publications. They had three daughters together, Gracia, Charlotte, and Katharina. Awards and honors Laves was awarded the Roebling Medal, the highest honor of the Mineralogical Society of America, in 1969. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and a corresponding member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He was also the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Bochum. References 1906 births 1978 deaths German mineralogists Crystallographers Academic staff of ETH Zurich Scientists from Göttingen Academic staff of the University of Halle Academic staff of the University of Marburg University of Chicago people Academic staff of the University of Göttingen German metallurgists University of Göttingen alumni University of Innsbruck alumni ETH Zurich alumni Operation Paperclip