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This series of distinguished lectureships is named in honor
of Dr. William Noble Lacey.
He was a native of San Diego, did his undergraduate work at
Stanford University, and then received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees
at the University of California at Berkeley. He came to Caltech
as an Instructor in 1916 and advanced through the academic
ranks to Professor in 1931. In addition to a distinguished
career in teaching and research, he served the Institute in
a number of significant administrative capacities, particularly
as Dean of Graduate Studies from 1946 to 1956 and as Dean
of the Faculty from 1961 to 1962. Dr. Lacey was honored with
a Founders Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
in December 1968. Dr. Lacey passed away on March 26, 1977.
The
William N. Lacey Lectures in Chemical Engineering are made
possible by the W. M. Lacey Fund, established at Caltech by
a number of friends and former students of Professor Lacey.
The objective of the lectureship program is to bring to the
campus world-renowned experts currently active in chemical
engineering or related disciplines.
The
recipient presents two seminars; a general lecture and a technical
lecture. The general lecture provides a broader perspective
to a field involving Chemical Engineering, while the technical
lecture is specific to the research program of the recipient. Both lectures are open to the public.
The 2010 Lacey Lecturer is Bruce C. Gates, of the Chemical Engineering & Materials Science department at the University of California, Davis. His topics are "Molecular Organometallic Catalysis on Surfaces" and "Spurring Chemistry: Catalysis and Chemical Technology." The lectures will be on Tuesday, February 9 (technical lecture) and Thursday, February 11, 2010 (lecture geared toward a more general audience).
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Previous
recipients of the Lacey Lectureship are:
2009 – Carol K. Hall, North Carolina State University
2008 – L. Gary Leal, University of California, Santa Barbara
2007 – Viola Vogel, The Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (ETH)
2006 – James C. Liao, University of California, Los Angeles
2005 – Ronald G. Larson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2004 – Matthew Tirrell, University of California, Santa
Barbara
2003 – Klavs F. Jensen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2002 – Sangtae Kim, Lilly Research Laboratories
2001 – Michael L. Shuler, Cornell University
2000 – Douglas A. Lauffenburger, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology
1999 – Robert A. Brown, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1998 – John L. Anderson, Carnegie Mellon University
1997 – Eduardo D. Glandt, University of Pennsylvania
1996 – Gary L. Haller, Yale University
1995 – Robert S. Langer, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology
1994 – Julio M. Ottino, Northwestern University
1993 – Timothy J. Anderson, University of Florida
1992 – William B. Russel, Princeton University
1991 – Csaba Horváth, Yale University
1990 – Richard C. Alkire, University of Illinois
1989 – Arthur W. Westerberg, Carnegie Mellon University
1988 – W. Harmon Ray, University of Wisconsin
1987 – Adel R. Sarofim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1986 – Thomas J. Hanratty, University of Illinois
1985 – Charles W. Tobias, University of California,
Berkeley
1984 – Edwin N. Lightfoot, Jr., University of Wisconsin
1983 – Dan Luss, University of Houston
1982 – H. Ted Davis, University of Minnesota
1981 – Jerry McAfee, Gulf Oil Corporation
1980 – Neal R. Amundson, University of Houston
1979 – Morton M. Denn, University of Delaware
1978 – L. E. Scriven, University of Minnesota
1977 – Michel Boudart, Stanford University
1976 – Leon Lapidus, Princeton University
1975 – Monte Throdahl, Monsanto Company
1974 – R. Byron Bird, University of Wisconsin
1973 – John Sinfelt, Exxon Research and Engineering
Company
1972 - Andreas Acrivos, Stanford University
1971 - Harry Drickamer, University of Illinois
1970 - Rutherford Aris, University of Minnesota
1969 - John Prausnitz, University of California, Berkeley
1968 - Arthur Metzner, University of Delaware
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