Robert L. Burwell, Jr. (1912-2003), Papers 1931-1986

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Robert L. Burwell, Jr. (1912-2003), Papers, 1931-1986

Robert L. Burwell, Jr. (1912-2003), Papers 1931-1986

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Robert Lemmon Burwell, Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 6, 1912. He earned his B.S. at St. John's College in 1932 and his Ph.D. in chemistry at Princeton in 1936. Burwell was an instructor in chemistry at Trinity College (now Duke University) from 1936 to the spring of 1939 before joining the faculty at Northwestern University in the fall of 1939 as an instructor in chemistry. Burwell became internationally known for his pioneering work in heterogeneous catalysis. The Robert L. Burwell, Jr. papers fill twenty-nine boxes and are arranged in six subseries: correspondence, teaching files, research and consulting files, professional organization files, speeches, and publications. In Box 1 are several folders of biographical materials pertaining to Burwell's education and his service on various Northwestern University committees. The folders labeled “Personal Data” and “American Chemical Society Award (Lubrizol) for Petroleum Chemistry” include summaries of Burwell's research activities. Of considerable interest are the notes and reports produced by Burwell while serving on the Northwestern University Science Committee in 1960.

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