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Keith Gubbins Presented the Seventh Leland Lecture on March 29, 2001
Gubbins, W.H. Clark distinguished university professor of chemical engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, will give the eighth Thomas W. Leland Endowed Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Chemical Engineering, on Thursday, March 29, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 100, Keck Hall. A member of the National Academy of Engineering, Gubbins received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry and his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of London. He previously held academic positions at Cornell University and the University of Florida. "Our lecturers are always foremost experts in their fields of specialty, skilled at presenting their material in ways that are useful to other professionals," says Walter Chapman, Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, who is serving as this year¯s event coordinator along with Clarence Miller, the Louis Calder Professor in Chemical Engineering at Rice. Adds Miller, "The Leland lectures represent an opportunity for friends and alumni of the department to gather for an evening of professional enrichment and social interaction." The endowed lectures honor the memory of Professor Thomas Leland, a distinguished researcher and teacher who had been a member of our department from the early 1950s until his death in 1986. For more information about this event, please call
Diana Thomas-Walker at The Rice University Police Department advises guests attending this event to park in the stadium parking lot, entering through Gate 12 from Rice Blvd. or Gate 8 from University and Stockton boulevards. Shuttle service from the parking lot to Keck Hall runs every 15 minutes.
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