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SHELDON E. ISAKOFF
Pages 152-157

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From page 153...
... After serving as a guest fellow at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Shelley began his 40-year career with the DuPont Company later in 1951 at its Engineering Research Laboratory. Early in his DuPont career, working in the laboratory's chemical engineering section, Shelley utilized both analog and digital computing (which then was in its infancy in industrial use)
From page 154...
... . He also had advisory or governing board roles with the National Science Foundation, the American Association of Engineering Societies, the Federation of Materials Societies, the Engineering Council at Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania Mechanical Engineering Department, the University of Delaware Research Foundation, the Chemical Engineering Advisory Board at Columbia University, and the Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Virginia.
From page 155...
... Sheldon Isakoff received many honors during his lifetime, starting with his election to Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi when he was in college. In addition to those from AIChE mentioned earlier, he was the Regents Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at the University of California–Los Angeles in 1987, the Reilly Lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Notre Dame University in 1989, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a recipient of the Columbia University Alumni Association's Egleston Medal for Distinguished Engineering Achievement in 1993.
From page 156...
... , the Awards Committee (1991–1994) , the Committee on Critical Technologies: The Role of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering in Maintaining and Strengthening American Technology (1991–1992)


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