Background
Douglas, James Merrill was born on July 27, 1933 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Merrill Harry and Carolyn (Klocke) Douglas.
consultant chemical engineering educator
Douglas, James Merrill was born on July 27, 1933 in Aurora, Illinois, United States. Son of Merrill Harry and Carolyn (Klocke) Douglas.
Bachelor of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, University Delaware, 1960.
Research engineer, Atlantic Richfield Company, Philadelphia, 1960-1965; associate professor chemical engineering, U. Rochester, New York, 1965-1968; professor, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1968; department head, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1979-1981. Consultant duPont, Wilmington, Delaware, since 1965, ICI-United Kingdom, since 1965. Board directors Computers and Chemical Engineering Corporation, Houston, 1988-1990.
Member Monroe County Pure Water Agency, Rochester, 1964. Lieutenant United States Army, 1959-1960. Member American Institute of Chemical Engineers (program committee 1971-1988, board editors journal.
1978-1980, Cast Division award 1987, W.K. Lewis award 45th Institute Lecturer 1993), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Mary Elizabeth Grubb, March 8, 1958. Children: Mary Lynn, Robert James.