Edwin R. Gilliland

Engineer, Academic

1909 – 1973

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Who was Edwin R. Gilliland?

Edwin Richard Gilliland was an American chemical engineer and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Gilliland was born on July 10, 1909 in El Reno, Oklahoma and moved with his family to Little Rock, Arkansas in 1918. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in 1930 and an M.S. from the Pennsylvania State University in 1931. He received his Sc.D. from MIT in 1933 under the direction of Thomas Kilgore Sherwood for work on a wetted-wall column technique used in mass-transfer. With Professor Warren K. Lewis, Gilliland developed mathematical analyses of fractional distillation columns and both developed fluidized catalytic cracking techniques. He consulted extensively with Exxon, Merck, Goodyear, General Electric, and Nestle and also served as the President and CEO of Ionics, Inc. between 1946 and 1971.

Gilliland also held several appointed offices in public service.

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Born
Jul 10, 1909
El Reno
Also known as
  • Edwin Gilliland
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
  • Pennsylvania State University
Employment
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lived in
  • Arlington
Died
Mar 10, 1973
Belmont

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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