Howard Frederick Rase

Background

Rase, Howard Frederick was born on October 18, 1921 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Leonhard and Sophie (Braun) Rase.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, University Texas, 1942. Mark Scheme, university Wisconsin, 1950. The Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, University Wisconsin, 1952.

Career

Process engineer Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas, 1942-1944, Eastern States Petroleum, Houston, 1944. Process and project engineer Foster Wheeler Corporation, New York City, 1944-1949. Assistant professor University Texas, Austin, 1944-1949, associate professor, 1956-1961, professor, 1961-1974, professor, chairman, 1963-1968, The Washington Cunningham professor chemical engineering, since 1974.

Consultant process engineering, catalysis and reaction engineering, Austin, since 1955.

Achievements

• Howard Frederick Rase has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Project Engineering of Process Plants

    ("many processes have one or more predonimant factors")

  • Project Engineering of Process Plants
  • Fixed-Bed Reactor Design and Diagnostics: Gas-Phase Reactions
  • Fixed-Bed Reactor Design and Diagnostics: Gas-Phase Reactions by Howard F. Rase (1-Jan-1990) Paperback

Membership

Secretary, board directors Kirby Hall School, Austin, since 1977. Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineering. Member American Chemical Society, Tau Beta Pi, Omega Chi Epsilon, Phi Lambda Upsilon, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Beverly Wills Bonelli, June 12, 1954. Children: Carolyn Victoria, Howard F. Junior.

Father:

Henry Leonhard Rase

Mother:

Sophie (Braun) Rase

Spouse:

Beverly Wills Bonelli

child:

Carolyn Victoria Rase

child:

Howard F. Junior Rase