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George Andrew Hawkins
Pages 113-118

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... He was Dean of Engineering during the years following World War II and was one of the first in the nation to lead his faculty in incorporating into their programs the new knowledge and techniques that evolved from research conducted during the war. He was cochairman of the 1968 "Goals Report" study, which did so much to establish national directions for engineering education at that time.
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From page 114...
... Hawkins being cited as the nation's outstanding young man in the field of heat transfer. In 1940, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, he was awarded the Pi Tau Sigma gold medal.
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From page 115...
... For the period 1961-63, in addition to his responsibilities as Dean of Engineering, he was given the administrative responsibilities for the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Purdue University. During the early years of his term as Dean of Engineering, educational programs were being impacted heavily by the information explosion that followed the release of information generated by research carried on during World War II.
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From page 116...
... Hawkins was asked to be cochairman of the American Society of Engineering Education's goals study. This study was undertaken at the request of the Engineers Council for Professional Development and was financially underwritten by the National Science Foundation.
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... He also held memberships in the National Society of Professional Engineers, Scabbard and Blade, Sigma Xi, Tan Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi, and Sigma Pi Sigma.
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