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Alfred Holmes White

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Alfred Holmes White
BornApril 28, 1873
DiedAugust 25, 1953 (1953-08-26) (aged 80)
CitizenshipAmerican
SpouseRebecca Mason Downey
Parent(s)Samuel Holmes White and Jennie McLaren
Engineering career
DisciplineChemical engineering
Employer(s)University of Illinois, University of Michigan

Alfred Holmes White (April 28, 1873 [1] – August 25, 1953[2]) was a chemical engineer at the University of Michigan.

Biography

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He was born in Peoria, Illinois to Samuel Holmes White and Jennie McLaren. He married Rebecca Mason Downey on July 28, 1903, and had two children.[1]

He led the university's chemical engineering department to great heights of prestige, for over 40 years, beginning with its founding in 1898.[3] His earliest academic job was at the University of Illinois, from 1893 to 1896, after which he joined the University of Michigan the next year, and rose to become a full professor by 1911.[1] He was later made an emeritus professor.[2]

His published works include The Disintegration of Cement Floors and Sidewalks and Studies in the Manufacture of Coal Gas, both in 1909.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d James Herbert Kelley (1913). The alumni record of the University of Illinois: including historical sketch and annals of the university, and biographical data regarding members of the faculties and the boards of trustees. University of Illinois. p. 768.
  2. ^ a b School and Society. Vol. 78. Society for the Advancement of Education. 1953.
  3. ^ Description of the A.H. White Scholarship Archived 2009-04-28 at the Wayback Machine from the University of Michigan

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