Hugh M. Hulburt (1917-1987) Papers 1938-1987

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Hugh M. Hulburt (1917-1987) Papers 1938-1987

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Hugh McKinney Hulburt held several academic positions as well as working as a consultant at several private companies including his role as director of research at the Chemical Construction Corporation. In 1963 Hulburt accepted an appointment at Northwestern University as professor of chemical engineering. He chaired the department of chemical engineering from 1964 to 1970. 1980 he was associate dean of Northwestern's Graduate School and served as associate dean for planning and development of the Technological Institute. The papers are arranged in nine subseries: biographical materials, education files, correspondence, teaching files, administrative files, research and consulting files, professional organizations files, speeches, and publications. The papers cover Hulburt's academic and professional roles.

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

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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 mecha...

Hulburt, Hugh M.

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Hugh McKinney Hulburt was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, on October 27, 1917. He earned his B.A. at Carroll College in 1938 and his Ph.D. in physical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in 1942. During 1942–1943 as a National Research Fellow studied with Henry Eyring at Princeton. Hulburt taught at Hunter College (1944–1946) and Catholic University (1946–1951). During this time he was also a consultant at the Houdry Process Corporation and the Chemical Construction ...