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He received his Bachelor of Arts from the United States. Merchant Marine Academy and a master"s degree from Purdue University as well as an Doctor of Science. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Robert Reid
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He is best known for his work in the field of thermodynamics, particularly in co-authoring the thermodynamics reference book "Thermodynamics and Its Applications" with Mike Modell. He also co-wrote "The Properties of Gases and Liquids," another reference work. He was an editor of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Journal and directed the American Institute of Chemical Engineers from 1969 to 1971.
He taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 34 years, from 1951 to 1985, and was famous for dressing up as Willard Gibbs for certain lectures.
He pushed to change the Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemical engineering department"s unofficial policy of only hiring its own graduates. In addition to his work in the field of chemical engineering, Robert Reid served in the Merchant Marine during World World War II aboard an oil tanker.
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