Background
Colburn, Allan Philip was born on June 8, 1904 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Willis Paul and Jane (Grimm) Colburn.
Colburn, Allan Philip was born on June 8, 1904 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Willis Paul and Jane (Grimm) Colburn.
Student Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1922-1924. Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1926, Master of Science, 1927, Doctor of Philosophy, 1929.
Research chemical engineer, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1929-1938. Associate professor chemical engineering, University of Delaware, 1938-1941, professor since 1941, assistant to the president, 1947-1950, acting president, April-November 1950, provost since 1950, chairman engineering experiment station since 1947. Consultant chemical engineer since 1941.
Secretary Haskell Research Foundation, Incorporated., since 1949.
Conservation to Research and Development Board, Department of Defense, since 1948.
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (director, 1944-1947, chairman awards committee, 1946,47, 1951), National Education Association, American Society Engineering Education (chairman graduate studies division 1952, chairman educational methods division 1953). American Society of Mechanical Engineers (chairman heat transfer division, 1948), American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Evelyn Safford, November 21, 1931. Children: Judith, Willis, Carolyn.