Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Department of Chemical Engineering

The Chemical Engineering Department of Northwestern's Technological Institute was established in 1940. The department was established in order to comply with the agreement the university had entered into with Walter P. Murphy in connection with Murhpy's endowment of the new school of engineering which became known as the Technological Institute. Murphy insisted that the new school include departments covering the four major areas in engineering; chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical, of which the university had hitherto included only the latter three.

The pre-history of the department began, however, with the offering of a scattering of engineering courses that eventually led to the establishment of the Technological Institute's immediate predecessor, the College of Engineering, in 1907. Beginning with 1907, courses were offered in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, and a degree in engineering was awarded after the fifth year.

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