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Hugh M. Hulburt (1917-1987) This issue of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research is dedicated to the memory of Hugh M. Hulburt. As anyone who is familiar with this journal is aware, Hugh served with distinction as editor of Industrial & Entineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, a "father" of the present publication, from its inception in 1962 to 1986. The tribute given herein is one of which Hugh would be particularly proud-that of friends and colleagues in presentation of the results of their intellectual and scholarly endeavors. Hugh had a rich and varied career. He received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry under Professor J. 0. Hirschfelder at the University of Wisconsin in 1942. After a postdoctoral stint at Princeton, he served on the chemistry faculties a t Hunter College and the Catholic University of America. Then followed an active and productive period in industrial research, first a t Chemical Construction Corp. and subsequently a t American Cyanamid Co. That industrial experience effected a t least a partial transformation into chemical engineering, for he returned to academia in 1964 as Professor of Chemical Engineering at Northwestern University. where he remained for the rest of his career. In addition to being a talented teacher and researcher, Hugh put his administrative abilities to use as Departmental Chairman of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean of both the Technological Institute and the Graduate School a t various periods. Hugh was not particularly enamored of administrative work, but as in so many other things he did, he was good at it.
So much for the recorded facts of a distinguished career. Describing the essence of a person is often to employ adjectives. The list would certainly include understanding, caring, compassionate, innovative, and, above all, intellectually curious. The breadth of this curiosity is just hinted at in the list of his publications, appended to these paragraphs. His curiosity and knowledge did not stop a t the edge of science and engineering but encompassed languages, culture, history, and, most of all, people. Yet Hugh was a very humble man in the sense that 'humble" means "willing to learn from anyone". Maybe that, plus his extraordinary physical insight, was what made him such a good editor-researcher-scholar-teacher. One could continue this tribute at length in view of what Hugh Hulburt was and did, but it is not wise to dilute accomplishment with verbosity. Hugh taught by example more than anyone I have ever known but, as becomes the man, was largely unaware of this. Over the years, his colleagues learned as much from him as his students, and we can only hope that this collection of papers is a suitable testimony to this. The following is a list of Hugh's own contributions to the literature. John B. Butt Department of Chemical Engineering Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Publications of Hugh M. Hulburt Patent U S . Patent 2,908,551, May 13, 1959. Manufacture of Cyanogen.
Publications (1)Potential Energy Functions for Diatomic Molecules.
J . Chem. Phys. 9, 61-69 (1941), with J. 0. Hirschfelder. (2) The Transmission Coefficient in the Theory of Absolute Reaction Rates. J. Chem. Phys. 11, 276-290 (1943), with J. 0. Hirschfelder. (3) Organic Reactions. Ind. Eng. Chem. 35, 511-521 (1943), with Henry Eyring and R. A. Harman. (4) Chemical Processes in Continuous-Flow SystemsReaction Kinetics. Ind. Eng. Chem. 36, 1012-1017 (1944). (5) Chemical Reactions in Continuous-Flow SystemsHeterogeneous Reactions. lnd. Eng. Chem. 37,1063-1069 (1945). (6) Viscosity of Compressed Gases. J . Phys. Colloid Chem. 53, 540-544 (1949). (7) On the Non-Equilibrium Theory of Absolute Reaction Rates. J. Chem. Phys. 17,964-968 (1949), with J. 0. Hirschfelder. (8) A Relation Among the Kinetic Theory Cross-Section Integrals and New Relations Involving the Transport Properties of Gases. J . Phys. Chem. 56,1034-1038 (1952), with E. M. Holleran. (9) Interchange of Translational and Vibrational Energy in Asymmetric Molecular Potential Field. J. Chem. Phys. 18, 312-322 (1950), with G. W. Castellan. (10) Applied Thermodynamics in Chemical Engineering. Research 6, 473-480 (1953), with T. P. Forbath. (11) The Reduction of Ethylene Platinous Chloride. J . Am. Chem. SOC.76, 3393-3396 (1954), with J. H. Flynn. (12) The Reduction of Ethylene Platinous Chloride with Deuterium; the Mass Spectra of Deuterated Ethanes. J . Am. Chem. SOC.76, 3396-3400 (1954), with J. H. Flynn. (13) Approximation of Molecular Orbitals in Diatomic Molecules by Diatomic Orbitals. J . Chen. Phys. 22, 774-781 (1954), with R. F. Wallis. (14) Kinetics of Some Hydrogenations Catalyzed by Raney Nickel. J . Phys. Chem. 61, 909-912 (1957), with T. Freund. (15) Extrusion Theory-Part I. Plast. Technol. 1110-1116 (Dec 1958), with S. Katz and L. F. Street. (16) Extrusion Theory-Part 11. Plast. Technol. 39-44 (Jan 19591, with S. Katz and L. F. Street. (17) Reaction Rates in Chemical Engineering Science. Chem. Eng. Prog. Symp. Ser. 55, 1-9 (1959). (18) Design of Experiments on the Kinetics of the Water-Gas Shift Reaction. AIChE J . 7, 143-147 (1961), with C. D. S. Vasan. (19) Chemical Reactions in the Plasma Jet. Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sei. Ser. 11 25,770-786 (1963), with M. P. Freeman. (20) Some Problems in Particle Technology. Chem. Eng. Sci. 19, 555-574 (1964), with S. Katz. (21) Reaction Mechanisms for Reactor Design. Znd. Eng. Chem. 58, 20-31 (1966), with Y. G. Kim. (22) A Model for Corporate Growth by New Product
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Research Productivity. IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage. EM14, 83-88 (1967), with M. Scalera. (23) Liouville Equations for Agglomeration and Dispersion Processes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 8,319-324 (19691, with Tetsuo Akiyama. (24) Design Models for Continuous Crystallizers with Double Drawoff. Chem. Eng. Prog. Symp. Ser. 65,50-58 (1969), with Denis G. Stefango. (25) Statistical Theories of Particulate Systems. Chem. Eng. Educ. 3, 190-193 (1969). (26) Size Analysis of Irregular Shaped Particles in Sieving-Comparison with the Coulter Counter. Ind. Eng. Chem. Fundam. 9,658-661 (19701, with Howard N. Rosen. (27) Growth Rate of Potassium Sulfate in a Fluidized Bed Crystallizer. Chem. Eng. Prog., Symp. Ser. 67, 110, 27-31 (19711, with Howard N. Rosen. (28) Continuous Vacuum Crystallization of K,SO,. Chem. Eng. Prog., Symp. Ser. 67,110,18-26 (1971), with Howard N. Rosen. (29) Particle Formation from Photooxidation of Sulfur Dioxide in Air. Proceedings of the 2nd International Clean Air Congress, Washington, DC, Dec 1970, with J. E. Quon and R. P. Siegel. (30) Correlation Functions of Classical Fluids. I. The Radial Distribution Functions of Mixtures of Kihara Molecules in the Percus-Yevick Approximation and Their Thermodynamic Functions. J . Chem. Phys. 58, 44-60 (19731, with Ll.oyd L. Lee. (31) Correlation Functions of Classical Fluids. 11. The Direct Correlation Functions of Mixtures of Kihara Molecules in the Percus-Yevick Theory and the Integral Compressibility Equation of State. J . Chem. Phys. 58, 61-73 (1973), with Lloyd L. Lee. (32) Reduction of Crotonic Acid with Hydrogen on a Slurry Electrode. J . Electrochem. SOC.120, 1333-1339 (19731, with D. N. Baria. (33) A Model of a Growing Coagulating Aerosol. Atmos. Environ. 8, 1009-1028 (1974), with R. A. Wadden and J. E. Quon. (34) Chemical Reaction Engineering-II; H. M. Hulburt, Ed.; Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Aug 27-29, 1974; Advances in Chemistry Series 133 (1974). (35) Die Induktionsperiode bei Chargenkristallisation 47, 373-378 und beim Ausfallen. Chem.-Ing.-Tech. (1975). (36) Chemical Reaction Engineering Reuiews; H. M. Hulburt, Ed.; Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, Aug 27-29, 1974; Advances in Chemistry Series 148 (1975). (37) Enhancement and Effectiveness Factors in GasLiquid Absorbers and Reactors. AIChE J. 22, 604-607 (1976). (38) Population Balance Models for Batch Crystallization. In Industrial Crystallization; J. W. Mullin, Ed.; Proceedings of the Sixth Symposium on Industrial Crystallization held at Usti nad Labem, Czechoslovakia, Sept 1-3, 1975; pp 343-351, Plenum Press, New York (1976).
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