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WALTER G. MAY
Pages 238-243

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... He graduated in 1939 with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan. His career in the oil industry began that year, when he took a post with British American Oil in Moose Jaw as an assistant chemist (there were only two)
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From page 240...
... He applied these methods to particle separation processes as well as to various kinds of chemically active fluid beds such as those associated with flue gas desulfurization. Perhaps May's most publicly visible achievement was his work and leadership in the field of high-energy solid rocket propellants associated with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
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From page 241...
... Other engineering projects that benefitted from that group included the design of a laser-isotope enrichment plant and an assessment of costs to the operating variables, and work on magnetically stabilized fluidized beds for separation processes. Based on his considerable experience he was appointed to serve on a number of National Research Council committees: on Safety of Ship-Transport Liquefied Natural Gas (1978)
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... His son Jack remembers that his father enjoyed playing golf, usually early Sunday morning, and both water and snow skiing. His hobbies included a love of travel -- he traveled around the world, from Canada to Europe to the Middle East, including Libya (for EXXON)
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