Background
Bankoff, Seymour George was born on October 7, 1921 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Sarah (Rashkin) Bankoff.
Bankoff, Seymour George was born on October 7, 1921 in New York City. Son of Jacob and Sarah (Rashkin) Bankoff.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1940; Master of Science, Columbia University, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 1952.
Research engineer, Sinclair Refining Company, East Chicago, Indiana, 1941-1942;
process engineer, du Pont Manhattan project University of Chicago, Richland, Washington
process engineer, du Pont Manhattan project University of Chicago, Arlington, New Jersey, 1942-1948;
assistant professor department chemical engineering, Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana, 1948-1952;
associate professor, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1952-1954;
professor, department chairman chemical engineering, Rose Polytechnic Institute, 1954-1958;
National Science Foundation science faculty fellow, California Institute Technology, Pasadena, 1958-1959;
professor chemical engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, since 1959;
Walter P. Murphy professor chemical, mechanic and nuclear engineering, Northwestern University, 1971-1992;
professor emeritus, 1992- u;
chairman energy engineering council, Northwestern University, 1975-1980;
chairman Center for Multiphase Flow and Transport, Northwestern University, since 1988. Visiting scientist Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires, Commissariat d'Energie Atomique, Grenoble, France, 1980. Visiting professor Imperial College Science and Technology, London, 1985.
Consultant to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1974-1987, Los Alamos Science Laboratory, 1974-1989, Electric Power Research Institute, 1984-1986, Westinghouse, since 1984, Savannah River Laboratory, duPont, since 1987, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1988. Member of advisory council Americans for Energy Independence, Washington, since 1978. Chairman visiting committee Brookhaven National Laboratory,1984, engineering technical division Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1986.
President SGB Associations Inc., since 1986.
Fellow American Institute of Electrical Engineers (chairman education committee 1968-1971, chairman heat transfer and energy conversion division 1987, Robert E. Wilson Nuclear Chemical Engineering award 1994, Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Division award 1995), American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Member American Nuclear Society (co-chairman United States Science committee, 9th International Heat Transfer Conference, United States delegate International Heat Transfer Assembly), National Academy Engineering.
Married Elaine K. Forgash. Children— Joseph, Elizabeth, Laura, Jay.