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Distinguished Alumni

Corporate Leaders | Cabinet Members
National Academy of Engineering Members | Outstanding Rice Alumni


Beginning with the first Rice Class of 1916, our department has been producing graduates who rise to top positions in academia and industry. Rice chemical engineering graduates have become CEO's and upper-level managers of major companies, a cabinet member, and members of the National Academy of Engineering. Two Chairs of the Rice University Board have been Rice Chemical Engineering alums (Dell Butcher, Charles Duncan).

It comes as no surprise that more Chemical Engineering graduates are honored on the Engineering School's Wall of Fame than alumni from any other department. In fact, twelve of the twenty-six Rice alumni who are members of the National Academy of Engineering are graduates of our department.


Corporate Leaders :

  • Dell Butcher '34, President, American Commercial Lines
  • Wesley Eckholm '34, Vice President, Cities Service Co.
  • Lebbeus Kemp '29, Vice President, Texaco
  • Winston Peeler '33, Vice President, American Oil Co.
  • C.F. Royse '30, Vice President, Fluor Corp.
  • Karl ten Brink '37, Texaco
  • Linn Draper Jr. '64, '65, American Electric Power
  • Stewart Coleman, Exxon
  • G.A. Dobelman '46, Senior Vice President, Brown & Root
  • Charles Duncan '47, Coca Cola
  • David Farnsworth '42, Eddy Refining Co.
  • Bill Kieschnik '47, ARCO Chemical Company
  • Terry Koonce '60, '64, ExxonMobil
  • Bob Larkin '55, '56, Exxon Coal
  • Charles Matthews '41, '43, '44, Shell Oil Co.
  • David Rooke '44, Dow Chemical
  • William Vaughn, Eastman-Kodak

 


Cabinet Members:

  • Charles Duncan '47, Energy Secretary

 


Members of the National Academy of Engineering:

  • 1985, Charles Matthews, Shell Oil
  • 1986, James Bailey, ETH Zurich
  • 1987, Fred Stalkup, ARCO Oil and Gas
  • 1991, George Hirasaki, Rice
  • 1991, Harmon Ray, Univ. of Wisconsin
  • 1992, Linn Draper Jr., American Electric Power
  • 1993, William Russell, Princeton
  • 1994, Bruce Finlayson, Univ. of Washington
  • 1995, Riki Kobayashi, Rice
  • 1996, Khalid Aziz, Stanford
  • 1998, Larry Lake, Univ. of Texas
  • 1999, Gary A. Pope, Univ. of Texas
  • 2000, Henry H, Ratchford, Jr., Stoner Associates

Rice ChBE Faculty Who Are
Members of the National Academy of Engineering:

  • 1991, George Hirasaki
  • 1995, Riki Kobayashi
  • 1998, Jesse D. Hellums
  • 2001, Larry V. McIntire (1970-2003)

 


Outstanding Rice Chem Eng Alumni:

  • 1978, Ernest Dell Butcher
  • 1979, David L. Rooke
  • 1981, David E. Farnsworth
  • 1985, Riki Kobayashi
  • 1985, Warren E. White
  • 1986, Charles S. Matthews
  • 1996, K. Terry Koonce
  • 1998, Patsy S. Chappelear

 

 

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