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GEORGE E. KELLER II
Pages 160-165

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... HEDRICK SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY G EORGE ERNEST KELLER II, a leader and pioneer in chemical engineering discovery, died October 7, 2019, in Charleston, West Virginia, at the age of 86. He was an accomplished chemical engineer, often described as "an engineer's engineer." Recognized as an industry giant, he fully engaged his prodigious mind to produce innovations in separations and deliver technologies that improved the lives of people around the world.
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From page 162...
... He rose to the highest levels of the corporate technical ladder in 1987 with his promotion to senior corporate fellow. The advances that he pioneered and enabled enhanced UCC's technological dominance in the petro­chemical industry for decades, as well as the chemical engineering profession more broadly.
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... In addition to his election as an NAE member, he was a fellow of the AIC and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, which recognized him as one of the top 100 chemical engineers of the modern era and bestowed on him the Institute Lecture Award, the Clarence Gerhold Award in Separation Science and Technology, and the Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology. He led a team that was selected for the Kirkpatrick Honor Award, sponsored by Chemical Engineering Magazine, for the most innovative chemical technology successfully commercialized in the world -- development of highly efficient, pressure-swing parametric pumping for gas-gas separations.
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... While his career led him to speak in China, Australia, and a number of European countries, his greatest enjoyment came from spending time with his family at Capon Springs and Farms resort in West Virginia. He is survived by children George III (Cindy)
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