Clyde Orr

Background

Orr, Clyde was born on October 1, 1921 in Lewisburg, Tennessee, United States. Son of Clyde and Brownie (Lusby) Orr.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1944; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Tennessee, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute Technology, 1953.

Career

Chemical engineer, Tennessee Valley Authority, Wilson Dam, Alabama, 1946-1947; research engineer, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1948-1952; research associate professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1953-1958; research professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1958-1962; professor, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1962-1966; Regents' professor chemical engineering, Georgia Institute Technology, Atlanta, 1966-1980. Director Micromeritics Instrument Corporation, Norcross, Georgia, since 1965, Chairman of the Board, since 1980.

Works

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  • Fine Particle Measurement : Size, Surface, and Pore Volume

    (Science, Physics)

  • Filtration Principles and Practices Part I
  • Between earth and space

Membership

Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946, PTO.

Connections

Married Mary Ruth Gardner, December 24, 1944;children: Donald S., Douglas W., Jeanne Orr Thomas, Lynne Orr Strickland.

Father:

Clyde Orr

Mother:

Brownie (Lusby) Orr

Spouse:

Mary Ruth Gardner

child:

Donald S. Orr

child:

Lynne Orr Strickland Orr

child:

Douglas W. Orr

child:

Jeanne Orr Thomas Orr