Celebrating 100 Years
of Chemical Engineering at LSU

In 2008, the department will be celebrating its centennial year. A full day of festivities is planned for October 24, 2008, and will include talks by prominent academic and industrial leaders. We will also be reviewing the history of our department and taking a look at the future direction of Chemical Engineering at LSU. We hope you will join us in celebrating this momentous event in our department’s history!

RSVP for the Centennial Celebration

The celebration will begin at 9:00 am in the Rotunda of the Energy, Coast, and Environment Building on the LSU campus.

Speakers will include:

Ronald Cambre (ChE B.S., 1960)

• retired CEO of Newmont Mining Corporation
• member of the Chemical Engineering Industrial Advisory Committee
• member of the Chemical Engineering Campaign Steering Committee

Edward McLaughlin

• Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering
• Professor Emeritus of the Cain Department of Chemical Engineering
• served as Chair of the department from 1979 to 1987

Sharon Cole (ChE B.S., 1981)

• Louisiana Operations Site Director, Dow Chemical Company

Mark Davis

• Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
• Member, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Experimental Therapeutics Program

Edward Cussler

• Distinguished Institute Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of Minnesota

• Manager, Baton Rouge Chemical Plant, ExxonMobil Corp.

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