Warren K. Lewis papers

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Warren K. Lewis papers

1898-1990

https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/resources/1069

This collection contains material by and about Warren K. Lewis, who was instrumental in establishing chemical engineering as an independent discipline. He was a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1910 until his death in 1975, having served as the first head of the newly established Department of Chemical Engineering from 1920 to 1929. The collection includes a number of Lewis’s speeches and publications that reveal his philosophy of chemical engineering as a profession, but there is little material about his work as a consultant to industry and the government. Biographical materials in the collection include a recorded interview of Lewis conducted by his granddaughter, Rosalind Williams, who later became Professor of the History of Science and Techology at MIT.

1.3 cubic feet; (4 manuscript boxes)

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Lewis, Warren Kendall, 1882-

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Warren K. Lewis, 1882-1975, SB, 1905, MIT; PhD in chemistry, 1908, University of Breslau, Germany, became assistant professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1910 and professor of chemical engineering in 1914. From 1920 to1929 he served as the first head of the newly established Department of Chemical Engineering. He then returned full time to teaching and research. Warren K. Lewis played a significant role in establishing chemical engi...