Background
Laurence, Robert Lionel was born on July 13, 1936 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Lionel Gerard and Gertrude Sara (Lefebvre) Laurence.
chemical engineering professor
Laurence, Robert Lionel was born on July 13, 1936 in West Warwick, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Lionel Gerard and Gertrude Sara (Lefebvre) Laurence.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957; Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, U. Rhode Island, 1960; the Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1966; Doctor of Science (honoris causa), Institute National Polytechnic, Toulouse, France, 1989.
Research engineer General Dynamics, Groton, Connecticut, 1957-1959, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, Wilmington, Delaware, 1960-1961, field service engineer Beaumont, Texas, 1961-1963. Assistant professor chemical engineering Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, 1965-1968. Research engineer Monsanto Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1968.
Associate professor University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1973, head department chemical engineering, 1982-1989, professor, 1973-2001, professor emeritus, since 2001. Visiting professor Imperial College, London, 1974-1975, College de France, Paris, 1982-1983, Rijks University Gent, 1996. Invited professor ENSIGC, Toulouse, France, 1990.
Visiting research fellow General Electric, Schenectady, 1989. Consultant United Nations Development Program, Argentina, 1978, 80, Beijing, 1982. Member Conseil Technologique Groupe Rhone-Poulenc, Paris, 1988-1996.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology practice school station director Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik, Ludwigstafen, Germany, 2007, Cargill, 2008, Singapore, 2009, 2010.
Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Institute Chemists. Member American Chemical Society, Society Plastics Engineers, American Society Engineering Education, Tau Beta Pi.
Married Carol Leah Jolicoeur, September 7, 1959. Children: Jonathan, Lisa, Andrew.