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FRANK F. APLAN
FRANK F. APLAN
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FUERSTENAU AND RAJA V RAMANI F RANK FULTON APLAN, one of the most influential leaders of the mineral processing industry and academia for 60 years, and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University, passed away peacefully in Berwick, Pennsylvania, on November 3, 2020, at the age of 97.
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His illustrious career in science, engineering, and technology of mineral processing, spanning five universities and five major mineral industry companies, began with an early interest in the chemistry of paints, sparked at the age of 10 by a house painter. To develop his interest in chemistry, his mother bought him a Gilbert "Chemistry Lab." Ever the entrepreneur, Frank charged neighborhood children $0.05 to watch his experiments.
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By the time he retired in 1992, he had also served as the chair of mineral processing and metallurgy programs and a guiding member of the newly formed Environmental Systems Engineering Program in the Department of Mineral Engineering. The growth of the Penn State Mineral Processing Program to preeminence was primarily attributable to Frank's breadth and depth of academic and industrial experiences and his outstanding leadership in attracting and fostering young faculty to become leaders themselves.
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His contributions to the areas of gravity concentration, suspension rheology, industrial mineral processing, and environ mental pollution control are particularly noteworthy. He also emphasized environmental remediations by building on the past strengths of the existing academic program and an increased environmental emphasis in all courses.
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He was a member of the board of directors of SME and the Engineering Foundation; chair of the SME Mineral Processing Division and TMS Hydrometallurgy Committee; member of the editorial board, coeditor, and section editor for major books including Mineral Processing Handbook (SME) , Froth Flotation (SME)
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And in 2003 Frank's oral history, Mineral Education Generalist, Professor of Metallurgy and Mineral Processing, 1951–1998, was published by the Oral History Center of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, as part of the Western Mining in the 20th Century series. Frank's contributions to the science, engineering, and education of mineral processing were widely acknowledged by his peers with a number of honors: honoris causa, Engineer of Mines, Montana School of Mines and Technology (1968)
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. He is survived by daughters Susan Bower and Lucy, son Peter, five grand children, and four great-grandchildren.
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