Heating of steel pipelines

Collection

Identifier: 96-17-005

Staff Only

Scope and content

Heating of Steel Pipelines was written by Donald F. Othmer for the Arctic Pipelines Symposium, held in Ontario, Canada in 1971. The collection consists of two typed copies of the presentation.

Dates

Creation: 1971

Language of Materials

Text in English.

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Biographical sketch

Donald F. Othmer was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 11, 1904. He attended the University of Nebraska and received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1927. Upon graduation, he worked for the Eastman Kodak Company, where he was responsible for over forty patents. In 1932, he left Kodak to accept a teaching position at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. In 1937, he was made Head of the Chemical Engineering Department, a post he retained until 1961 when he was named Distinguished Professor. He remained affiliated with this institution until his retirement as Professor Emeritus in 1976. In addition to hundreds of published papers and over 150 United States patents, Donald F. Othmer co-edited (with Raymond E. Kirk) The Kirk Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. In 1978, Donald F. Othmer was awarded the Perkin Medal. He died in New York City on November 1 1995.