Awards & Winners

Warren K. Lewis

Date of Birth 21-August-1882
Place of Birth United States of America
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Nationality United States of America
Also know as Warren Lewis
Profession Chemist, Engineer
Warren Kendall Lewis was an MIT professor who has been called the father of modern chemical engineering. He co-authored an early major textbook on the subject which essentially introduced the concept of unit operations. He also co-developed the Houdry process under contract to The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey into modern fluid catalytic cracking with Edwin R. Gilliland, another MIT professor.

Awards by Warren K. Lewis

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1965


National Medal of Science for Engineering
(For contributions as a scientist, teacher, and inventor who as the leader of modern chemical engineering has made the American chemical industry preeminent in the world.)