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LES S.. GAUMER
Pages 94-97

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... He graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1948 with a degree in chemical engineering. He served his country in the U.S.
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... While working on aluminum heat exchangers for the Helium Conservation Program, he and Chuck Newton developed a multicomponent refrigeration system to separate helium from natural gas. To find the right gas mixture to apply the helium technology to the liquefaction of natural gas, Lee crunched data and undertook numerous and tedious mathematical calculations on the research and development department's new computer -- a task he said would have been impractical without the computer.
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... He is survived by his sons Thomas L Gaumer (and wife Janet of Whitehall, Pennsylvania)
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