"Dr. Paul H. Emmett contributed to the literature of physical chemistry, and especially heterogeneous catalysis, during six
decades. The quality, even more than the quantity, of these publications will make them cornerstones of catalysis science
for decades to come....It is amazing that a person could publish such a broad spectrum of fundamental research papers in a
field as multidisciplinary as heterogeneous catalysis."
- Dr. Burtron H. Davis, Kentucky Center for Energy Research Laboratory, 1985
Paul Hugh Emmett
(1900-1985), a friend and colleague of Linus Pauling, graduated in 1922 from
Oregon State University and completed his doctoral work on heterogenous catalysis at
Caltech in 1925. Emmett was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1955
and was chair of the Chemical Engineering department at Johns Hopkins
University. Emmett also worked at the Mellon Institute until his retirement in 1973. Special Collections houses Dr. Emmett's
research notebooks, correspondence and awards.
Special Collections houses Dr. Emmett's research notebooks and published conclusions from various experiments. Much of his
personal and professional correspondence, information contributing to the biographies of several renowned chemists with whom
he collaborated, and awards that were dedicated to Emmett during his career are also available. Oregon State University received
Dr. Emmett's collected papers, some 260 boxes in all, in July of 1987.
Biographical Note(s)
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