Walker, William H.
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William H. Walker (1869–1934) was among the leaders who defined chemical engineering as a separate profession with a distinct approach and training method.
Walker, a young MIT chemistry instructor who had graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor's degree in chemistry and who held a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Göttingen, formed a partnership with Arthur D. Little in 1900 when he was recalled to MIT to reform the chemical engineering curriculum. Little, another chemical engineer, worked in the background gaining approval and funds for various initiatives to bring industry and education closer together. Walker, along with Warren K. Lewis and William H. McAdams, published The Principles of Chemical Engineering (1923) which became the standard text for chemical engineering instruction for decades.
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