Background
Beatty, Kenneth Orion was born on December 18, 1913 in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kenneth Orion and Ada Pearl (Marshall) Beatty.
Beatty, Kenneth Orion was born on December 18, 1913 in East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Kenneth Orion and Ada Pearl (Marshall) Beatty.
Bachelor of Science, Lehigh University, 1935; Master of Science, Lehigh University, 1937; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1946.
Raybestos-Manhattan fellow, Lehigh University, 1935-1937;
chemical engineer, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan, 1937-1939;
assistant professor chemical engineering, U. Rhode Island, Kingston, 1939-1944;
research associate, University of Michigan, 1944-1946;
associate professor, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1946-1948;
professor, North Carolina State University, since 1948;
acting head department chemical engineering, North Carolina State University, 1959-1960;
Richard Joshua Reynolds Industries professor chemical engineering, North Carolina State University, since 1961;
special consultant in forensic engineering, North Carolina State University, since 1982. Director Carolina Cons. Scientists and Engineers, 1979-1987.
Visiting professor chemical engineering Ohio State University, summer 1949. Visiting engineer Pratt & Whitney Company, Middletown, Connecticut, summer 1957. Resident construction engineering National Lead Company ofOhio, Fernald, summer 1959.
Member Max Jakob Award Committee, 1963-1967, chairman, 1966. Member National Heat Transfer Conference Coordinating Committee, 1965-1971, chairman, 1967. Coordinating chairman 9th National Heat Transfer Conference, Seattle, 1967.
United States founding delegate Assembly for International Heat Transfer Conference, 1967-1972. Member science council International Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, Yugoslavia, 1971-1990.
Member North Carolina Governor's Science Advisory Committee. Fellow AIChE; member American Chemical Society, University Park Homeowners Association.
Married Mary Catharine Carter, August 8, 1936. Children: Susan Jennifer, Prudence Carter, Lucy Margaret.