Jesse Coates oral history interview, 1993.

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Jesse Coates oral history interview, 1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/244436358

Coates describes his family background; his father's, Charles E. Coates's, work to establish LSU's Chemistry Department; his youth spent on LSU's old downtown campus; his father's involvement in the Audubon Sugar School; early professors in the Chemistry Department including Raoul L. Menville, Arthur Choppin, and Raymond Fries; his mother's social and civic activities; the establishment of football at LSU and games on the old campus. The interview discusses Jesse Coates's own career after joining LSU's faculty in 1936. It describes policies on hiring, research projects, jobs Coates held before coming to teach at LSU, and the curriculum at Michigan State University where he earned his Ph.D. Coates describes equipping chemistry labs and developing research projects in the Chemistry Department, and his role hiring faculty as head of the department, including Frank Groves, James Cardner, Clayton Calahan, Ed McLouhlin, and Paul Murrill. Also described are Coates's marriage to Judith Mills Williams in 1938, his father's death, and his brothers, Victor and Charles.

2 sound cassettes (3 hours);Transcript (83 p.)

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Coates, Jesse, 1908-1994,

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Louisiana State University professor of chemical engineering, 1936-1975, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, 1955-1967, and Professor Emeritus of Chemistry. From the description of Jesse Coates oral history interview, 1993. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244436358 ...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Dept. of Chemical Engineering.

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Traynham, James G.

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Audubon Sugar School

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Coates, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1866-1939

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Charles Edward Coates arrived at Louisiana State University in 1893 and served for over forty years as a professor of chemistry and chairman of the Department of Chemistry. His personal interest was in sugar chemistry and sugar engineering. He also served concurrently with the Audubon Sugar School as a professor until 1907 and as its dean from 1907 to 1931. From the description of Charles Edward Coates papers, 1891-1954. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 83601098 ...

Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

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The T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History was established in August 1991 to document the history of Louisiana State University. A department of LSU Libraries Special Collections, the Center conducts, collects, preserves, and makes available to scholars oral history interviews on Louisiana's social, political, cultural, and economic history. From the description of T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History records, 1990-1998. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 22696...

Menville, Raoul Louis, 1885-

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)

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Choppin, Arthur Richard, 1897-

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Arthur Richard Choppin received his master's degree in chemistry from Louisiana State University in 1925 and then went on to The Ohio State University where he earned a Ph. D. He returned to LSU as a professor and then served as dean of the College of Physics and Chemistry, 1944-1968. From the description of A.R. Choppin research reports, 1927. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 82463793 Arthur Richard Choppin received his master's degree in chemistry from Lou...

Murrill, Paul, 1934-

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Chancellor of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. From the description of Paul Murrill radio interview, 1975. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 244436355 ...

Groves, Frank R.

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