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... He was 87. Boudart played a crucial role in establishing the reputation of Stanford's Chemical Engineering Department.
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... 26 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES As a professor, Boudart supervised what was consistently one of the larger groups of PhD candidates in the department, eventually guiding more than 70 doctoral candidates to their degrees and mentoring over 100 postdoctoral researchers and visiting scientists. The diaspora of his former students went on to lead and shape the field.
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... M I C H E L B O U D A RT 27 Guiding Force In the post–World War II era, the United States became the acknowledged leader in catalysis, mostly owing to advances flowing from American academia and industry. Boudart was at the center of it all.
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... 28 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES of Catalysis, which is administered jointly by the North American Catalysis Society and the European Federation of Catalysis Societies. His election to both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering reflected his leadership and scientific merit.


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