Stuart W. Churchill

Stuart Churchill begins with background information about his family and early education. He then describes his undergraduate years at the University of Michigan, where he was quite active in the mathematics department as well as in chemical engineering. After working in industry for five years, at Shell Oil and Frontier Chemical, he returned to Michigan for graduate school. There, he began both his extensive research on heat transfer, natural convection, and combustion, as well as his career in teaching. After earning his Ph.D. and a position on Michigan's faculty, he began work on several military projects in the nuclear field. In addition, he served on the National Council of and as president of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was also active in industrial consultation. After acquiring increasing administrative responsibilities as chairman of the department, he chose to move to the University of Pennsylvania to return his focus to research and teaching. His students were always a top priority, and throughout the interview he frequently alludes to his close, continuing relationships with them. He also stresses the dramatic impact of increased use of applied mathematics and improved computer technology on chemical engineering. Churchill concludes the interview with a brief discussion of his current work, his family life, and his leisure activities.

Shell Oil Company

1942 - 1946 Technologist

Frontier Chemical Company

1946 - 1947 Technical Supervisor

University of Michigan

1948 - 1949 Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1949 - 1950 Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1950 - 1952 Instructor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1952 - 1955 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1955 - 1957 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1957 - 1967 Professor, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Michigan

1961 - 1967 Chairman, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

1967 - 1990 Carl V. S. Patterson Professor of Chemical Engineering

University of Pennsylvania

1990 - present Carl V. S. Patterson Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering

Joseph C. Marchese

Joseph C. Marchese received a B.S. in physics from St. John's University, an M.A. in physics from Columbia University, an M.A. in history of science from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. in history of science from Princeton University. He has taught high school physics, mathematics, and chemistry, and has held positions at Visual Education Corporation and Mathematical Policy Research, Inc. He served as a consultant to CHF's Beckman Center for the History of Chemistry in 1984–1985.

Jeffrey L. Sturchio

Jeffrey L. Sturchio is president and CEO of the Global Health Council. Previously he served as vice president of corporate responsibility at Merck & Co., president of the Merck Company Foundation, and chairman of the U.S. Corporate Council on Africa. Sturchio is currently a visiting scholar at the Institute for Applied Economics and the Study of Business Enterprise at Johns Hopkins University and a member of the Global Agenda Council on the Healthy Next Generation of the World Economic Forum. He received an A.B. in history from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in the history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.