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The third annual Unit Processes Review presents a selective coverage of the important literature appearing on different phases of unit processes that became available since the preparation of our 1949 review. One new section, Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis, has been added and the section on Combustion will not appear this year. Next month the fourth annual Materials of Construction Review will be presented. Our other review feature covering unit operations will make i t s sixth appearance i n the January 1951 issue.
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R. H. WlLHELM was born in New York City in 1909, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.
A t present Wilhelm i s professor of chemical engineering at Princeton University and is a consultant to Merck & Company, Inc., and to the Research and Development Board of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. H e i s a member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, N e w York Academy of Sciences, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Xi.
R. K. TONER (born 1913, in Terre Haute, Ind.) received his PhD. in 1 9 3 9 from Purdue University. Toner has taught chemical engineering at severat universities and et present i s associate professor of chemical engineering at Princeton University. H e i s also on the staff of the Textile Research institute at Princeton. Toner i s an associate member of the American Institute OF Chemical Engineers, and a member of the American Chemical Society, American Society for Engineering Education, and Tau Beta Pi.
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AMINATION BY REDUCTION 1661
AMMONOLYSIS 1664
ESTER1FICATION 1667
R. NORRlS SHREVE, head d the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at Purdue University since 1947, is a graduateof Haward university. H e has been chairman of the Divisions of Medicinal and Indudrial and Engineering Chemistry of the ACS and chairman of the Unit Processes Symposia since 1937. H e i s a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute of Chemical Engineen, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon.
JESSE WERNER (born in New York City, 1916) attended Brooklyn College and received hi8 M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. H e is assistant to the manager, Process Development Department, General Aniline and Film Corporation, Grasselli, N. J. Werner is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pi M u Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Sigma Xi.
ARTHUR C. STEVENSON was born in Coldwater, Mich., in 1911. He received his A.B. from Michigan State Normal College in 1934 and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan i n 1940 and 1942, respectively. Stevenson is on the staff of the Jackson Laboratory of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Penns Grove, N. J. H e is a member of the American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon.
E. EMMET REID i s professor emeritus at The Johns Hopkinr University where he received his Ph.D. in 1898. H e has been interested in esterification since 1909 and was the first to make dibutylphthalate for use as a plasticizer. In 1947 he was awarded the Herty Medal for his contributions to research and chemical engineering in the South. Reid i s a consultant to the D u Pont Company, Hercules Powder Company, Thiokol Corporation, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, and the Chemical Warfare Service.
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SYLVAN B. LEE (born in Holmen, Wis., i n 1916) received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1942. From 1942 t o 1944 he was with General Mills, Inc. After serving in the U. S. Navy, Lee joined Merck & Company where he was superintendent of Fermentation and assistant director of Microbiological Research and Development. In 1950 Lee became director of Microbiological Research and Development for Commercial Solvents Corporation. H e i s a member of the American Chemical Society.
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PHILIP H. GROGGINS (born in Brooklyn i n 1888) i s a graduate of the College of the City of New York. Since 1996 he has been on the staff of the Bureau of Agricultural and Industrial Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, at present he i s technical adviser to the chief of the bureau. H e i s the author of "Aniline and Ita Derivatives," editor of three editions of "Unit Processes in Organic Synthesis,," and a member of the American Chemical Society and tho American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
SAMUEL B. DETWILER, JR., was born in Wabasha, Minn., i n 1909. H e received his B.S. at The George Washington University and his M.A. at the university of Illinois. After 10 years at the National Bureau of Standards, he joined thestaff of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in 1937. A t present he i s Technical Program Specialist i n the 01fice of the Chief, Bureau of Agricultural and industrial Chemistry. Detwiler ir a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Oil Chemists' Society.
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EARL T. McBEE, head of the chemistry department at Purdue University and coordinator of the Purdue Research Foun&tion Projects i n chemistry, was born i n Braymer, Mo., i n 1906. H e received his Ph.D. from Purdue i n 1936. The Modern Pioneer Award for original investigations into the chlorination of hydrocarbons and the Sigma X i Award for his contribution t o the field of fluorination during the war are among his honors. H e is a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon. OGDEN R. PIERCE,
instructor i n chemistry at Purdue University, was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., i n 1921. H e received his Ph.D. from Purdue i n 1947. Pierce's principal research interests l i e i n the preparation and reactions of fluorine-containing organic compounds. At present, he i s research supervisor of two projects investigating the applicability of such compounds t o the fields of dielectrics and hydraulic fluids. Pierce i s a member of the American Chemical Society, Phi Lambda Upsifon, Sigma Xi, and Phi Kappa T u .
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WILLIAM J. TAPP was born
i n Quincy, Ill., in 1918. H e attended the University of Illinois, and received his Ph.D. et Cornell University in 1943. Tapp i s on the staff of the Process Development Laboratory of Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation, South Charleston, W. Va. H e has served as secretary of the Kanawha Valley Section and i s a member of the Committee on Local Sections Activities of the American Chemical Society) he i s a member also of Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Phi Gamma Delta.
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ISOMERIZATION 1715
NITRATION 1716
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C. J. O'BOYLE, a member of the technical staff of The Girdler Corporation, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1915. H e i s a graduate of St. Joseph College (B.S., 1936) and the University of Notre Dame (Ph.D., 1939). O'Boyle has worked on process and product development, production control, and technical administration in the organic chemical, synthetic rubber, and paint industries. H e i i s member of the American Chemical Soclety and the American Institute of Chemists.
STEPHEN F. PERRY (born
in Newport, N. k., in 1913) obtained his B.S. from M.I.T. in 1935. After two and a half years with the Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Company, he joined the Process Division of the Standard Oil Development Company. Since that time he has worked on the development of hydroforming, catalytic cracking, isomerization, and other processes. H e i s a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
WILLARD deC. CRATER was born in Succasunna, N. J., in 1894, he attended Lalayette College and since 1917 has been employed by the Hercules Powder Company where his work has been primarily on nitration. H e i s the author of many patents covering nitration processes, explosive compounds, smokeless powder, etc., and has been a consultant on the design and maintenance of nitration equipment. Crater isa member of the American Ordnance Association.
L. F. MAREK, vice president of Arthur D. Little, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., graduated from the University of Texas and received his M.A. from M.I.T. H e i s coauthor of the American Chemical Society Monograph, "Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Compounds in the Vapor Phase", i s author of the chapter on oxidation in "Unit Processes in Organic Synthesis", and the chapter on oxidation in the 19th Report of the Committee on Catalysis of the National Research Council.
CHARLES C. WINDING, assistant director of the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at Cornell University, was born in 1908 in Minneapok% H e received his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota. Winding i s coauthor of a text on plastics and author of several patenb on synthetic adsorbants, he i s a licensed engineer and a member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon.
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CHARLES H. PRIEN,
associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Denver and research engineer at the Industrial Research Institute, University of Denver, was born in Lafayette, Ind., in 1916. H e attended Purdue University, where he received his Ph.D. i n 1948. Rlen i s a member of the American Chemical Society, 'American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon.
VLADlMlR HAENSEL received his B.S.
from Northwestern University in 1935, his M.S. from M.I.T., and his Ph.D. i n 1939 from Northwestern where he helped to set up the Ipatieff High Pressure Laboratory. In August 1945, he was appointed coordinator of the Cracking Research Division of Universal Oil Products Company after sewing as a member of the Technicrl Oil Mission to Germany for the Petroleum Administration for War. H e i s a member of the American Chemical Society.
MELVIN J. STERBA received his B.S.
from the University of Wisconsin in 193% in 1935 he joined the Engineering Research Department of Universal Oil Products Company and engaged in correlating laboratory, pilot plant, and commercial data on thermal and catalytic cracking, reforming, and hydroforming. Recently he has been concerned with the development and performance of catalytic cracking units. H e ir a member of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineen.
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GEORGE F. LlSK (born 1914, Belchertown, Mass.) obtained his A.B. and M.A. from Clark University. H e has been employed since 1937 a i a research chemist at National Aniline Division, A l l i e d Chemical and D y e Corporation, chiefly i n the Aeld of intermediate syntheses. During the war, he worked on an antimalarial project for the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and coauthored a part of its work for publication. Lisk i s a member of the American Chemical Society.
HAROLD J. GARBER,
born i n Cleveland, Ohio, in 1913, obtained his
Ch.E. from the university of Cincinnati in 1935. N o w professor of chemical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Garber i s coauthor of a book on chemical engineering problems, a registered engineer, and a member of the American institute of Chemical Engineen, American Society for Engineering Education, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, and Phi Lambda Upsilon.
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