Background
Vivian, Johnson Edward was born on July 6, 1913 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Son of Edgar John and Mary Meade (McMahon) Vivian. came to the United States, 1936, naturalized, 1942.
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Johnson Edward Vivian, American chemical engineering educator. Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers (Colburn award 1948); member Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi.
Education
B. Chemical Engineering, McGill University, 1936. S.M. Entertainment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1945.
Career
Research engineer, Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, 1936;
teaching assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1937-1938;
assistant director Bangor chemical engineering practice school, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1938-1941;
director Buffalo chemical engineering practice school station, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1941-1943;
research engineer government project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943-1946;
associate professor chemical engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1956;
professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1956-1980;
senior lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980-1985;
professor emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1980;
director chemical engineering practice school, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1946-1957, 72-80;
director Oak Ridge E.P.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1948-1957. Cons. chemical engineering, since 1946. Visiting professor Birla Institute Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, since 1972.
Executive officer department chemical engineering, 1974-1979.
Membership
Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers (Colburn award 1948). Member Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, American Chemical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Engineering Education, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married Florence Evelyn Frye, February 10, 1940. Children: John Edward, David James, Annual.
