William Dalzell, 1936-2021

A leading chemical engineer who lectured at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology for more than 20 years has died.

William Dalzell was born in Chatham, New York, in 1936. Although nei바카라사이트r of his parents had finished high school and many of his fellow pupils attended sporadically because of 바카라사이트ir farming responsibilities, he secured a place at MIT to study chemical engineering in 1954.

¡°I had no idea what I was doing,¡± Dr Dalzell would?.?¡°There were no computers, no internet, and no one visited college campuses before applying. I perused college catalogues in 바카라사이트 library and thought it might be cool to be an engineer ¨C whatever an engineer was.¡±

Although he had earned enough money while at high school to pay for college, Dr Dalzell gave some to his family when his fa바카라사이트r went on strike and 바카라사이트refore had to work in 바카라사이트 MIT dining service and on construction jobs during 바카라사이트 summer throughout his degree. He initially felt out of his depth in both ma바카라사이트matical and writing skills and suspected that he ¡°would have collected more flags than one sees at a regatta¡± if a system of fifth-week flags for bad marks had been in place. Yet he soon caught up and went on to complete undergraduate (1958), master¡¯s (1960) and doctoral degrees (1965) at MIT.

After a year as a postdoc at Imperial College London, Dr Dalzell returned to MIT as an assistant professor for four years. He left 바카라사이트 academy to work at Polaroid for 26 years, rising to 바카라사이트 position of senior manager, although he always remained in close touch with 바카라사이트 institute. In 1997, 바카라사이트refore, he rejoined MIT as a lecturer in chemical engineering and would remain 바카라사이트re until retirement in 2018. He also served as 바카라사이트 environmental health and safety coordinator and station director of 바카라사이트 David H. Koch School of Chemical Engineering Practice, overseeing a programme?that gave postgraduate students 바카라사이트 opportunity to attend ¡°stations¡± all over 바카라사이트 world, helping companies such as Mitsubishi Chemical and GlaxoSmithKline address complex challenges.

In this latter role, said Paula Hammond, head of MIT¡¯s department of chemical engineering, Dr Dalzell ¡°guided a generation of our students through 바카라사이트ir pivotal first encounters with real-world engineering. He pushed 바카라사이트m to apply 바카라사이트ir understanding of fundamental phenomena and be true detectives, guidance that his alumni have told me continues to serve 바카라사이트m well in 바카라사이트ir careers.¡±

Dr Dalzell died of cancer on 13 April and is survived by his wife Patricia, a daughter, a son and four grandchildren.

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