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Biography
Academic credentials
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1946. (Between my junior and senior years, I served 2 years in the 100th Infantry Division in France and Germany during WWII)
Work and other experience
- 1944 - 1945: Between my junior and senior years at Texas A&M, served in the 100th Infantry Division in France and Germany. Held ranks of 2nd Lieutenant and 1st Lieutenant. Discharged as a Captain.
- 1946 - 1948: Worked in chemical engineering research at the Shell Oil Refinery in the Houston, Texas area.
- 1949 - 1953: Worked as chief chemist and as chemical engineer at the Rothschild Oil Refinery in the Los Angeles, California area.
- 1954 - 1975: Worked as chemical process design engineer for Fluor Engineers and Constructors in Los Angeles, California and in London, England.
- 1976 - 1999: Worked in my own practice as an independent consulting engineer.
Distinctinctions, honors and awards
- 1970, "Technical Achievement Award", Southern California section, American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE)
- 1973 -1975, Served an appointment on the California Regional Water Quality Control Board
- 1974 - 1975, Served on AIChE Speakers Bureau Tour
- 1976, Keynote speaker, "Open Forum on Management of Petroleum Refinery Wastewaters", jointly sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, American Petroleum Institute and the National Petroleum Refiners Association, at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma
- 1976, "Environmental Division Award", the national American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- 1978-1980, Chairman, Petroleum Committee, Air Pollution Control Association, now the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)
- 1978 - 1980, Director of Environmental Division, national American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Elected as a Fellow of the national American Institute of Engineers (Don't remember the date)
- Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (Don't remember the date)
Publications
- Books:
- Aqueous Wastes from Petroleum and Petrochemical Plant, John Wiley and Sons, 1967
- Fundamentals of Stack Gas Dispersion, self-published, 1979 (Ist Edition), 2005 (4th Edition)
- Major consulting reports:
- Process and environmental technology for producing SNG and liquid fuels EPA/2-75-011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 1975
- Comparative economics of advanced regenerable flue gas desulfurization processes, EPRI CS-1381, Electric Power Research Institute, March 1980
Citizendium articles I created and for which I was the the major contributor
A total of 175 articles of which 28 have achieved Approved status. See Articles for complete, detailed list.
- 82 Chemical engineering articles of which 14 have achieved Approved status
- 30 Petroleum refining and natural gas processing articles of which 9 have achieved Approved status
- 44 Air pollution dispersion, environmental and atmospheric science articles of which 5 have achieved Approved status
- 7 Engineering book articles
- 12 Other articles
Citizendium articles to which I significantly contributed or edited
- 35 Various engineering, chemistry, physics and other technical articles of which 3 have achieved Approved status. See Articles for complete, detailed list.