Background
Atallah, Sami was born on May 7, 1931 in Beit Jala, Palestine. Came to the United States, 1950.
Atallah, Sami was born on May 7, 1931 in Beit Jala, Palestine. Came to the United States, 1950.
BSChE, Lehigh University, 1953. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1954. ChE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Associate professor, Tufts U., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1957-1967;
senior scientist, Factory Mutual Research Corporation, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1967-1968;
senior consultant, Arthur D. Little Inc., Cambridge, 1968-1978;
research director, Gas Research Institute, Chicago, 1979-1983;
president, Risk & Industrial Safety Cons. Inc., Des Plaines, Illinois, 1983-1997;
principal consultant, Trinity Cons., Inc., Des Plaines, since 1997. Research associate Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1956-1957.
Member National Research Council Marine Board Control/Recovery Hydrocarbon Vapors from Ships and Barges, Washington, 1986-1987.
Fellow American Institute Chemical Engineers. Member American Society Safety Engineers, Society Fire Protection Engineers.