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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports, 1954, Ms2002-010, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in March 2002.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports was completed in October 2023.

The collection was previously titled Robert H. Crewdson Papers, but during processing, the title was changed to VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports to more accurately reflect the content.

Biographical Note - N. N. Bakhshi

Narendra Nath Bakhshi was born about 1928. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1956. He worked for Hydrocarbon Research, Inc., and Air Products, Inc., before joining the University of Saskatchewan in 1963.

Biographical Note - R. H. Crewdson

Rev. Dr. Robert Henry (also called Dr. Bob) Crewdson was born to Henry and Katherine Irene (McFate) Crewdson on January 29, 1933, in Pennsylvania, and he grew up in Front Royal, Virginia. He received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1955. After his graduation, he worked briefly for DuPont before joining the U. S. Navy. Crewdson married Lois Ellen Perkins (1934-2018) on August 5, 1956, while he was still in the Navy. Following his service, Crewdson received a Masters of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary, an Episcopal seminary in Alexandria. Crewdson later received his Doctor of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond. Crewdson spent the rest of his career working in the Episcopal Church. He died on July 27, 2022.

External Sources:

U.S. Censuses, 1940-1950

"Rev. Dr. Bob Crewdson", The News-Gazette (Lexington, Va.), August 3, 2022, https://www.thenews-gazette.com/content/rev-dr-bob-crewdson

"Dr Robert Henry Crewdson", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64836002/robert-henry-crewdson

"Robert Henry Crewdson" in the Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1936-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/11068703:9279

Biographical Note - R. S. Luttrell

Robert Stephens Luttrell was born to Robert Wayne and Maude Dee (Stephens) Luttrell in Bristol, Virginia, on June 25, 1933. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering, both from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1955 in 1956, respectively. Luttrell served in the U.S. Army and worked at Aramco in Saudi Arabia, retiring as Vice President after 30 years. He married Oral Merlow Donavant on December 21, 1957, and they had four children.

External Source:

Obituary for Robert Stephens Luttrell, Bristol Herald Courier (VA), September 29, 2015. (Archived on NewsBank at https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezproxy.lib.vt.edu/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWNB&req_dat=0D13EB2D702F7E0A&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F1582A928D34453C8 )

Scope and Content

This collection contains four group project reports for experiments completed between August and September 1954. The projects were completed for Chemical Engineering 401, a class at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI). R. H. Crewdson acted as the foreman of the group, which also included R. S. Luttrell and N. N. Bakhshi.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged by material type.

Related Material

Virginia Tech University Libraries also has the following publications authors:

Robert H. Crewdson, Preparation of the surface of low carbon steel for bonding to plasticized polyvinyl chloride sheeting (Chemical Engineering, B.S. thesis), [Blacksburg, Va.]: [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], 1955 (LD5655.V853 1955.C738)

Robert H. Crewdson, Love and war : a Southern soldier's struggle between love and duty , Buena Vista, Va. : Mariner Publishing, [2009] (E605 C874 2009 Spec Civil War)

Narendra Nath Bakhshi, Intensity distribution in cylindrical and bowl shaped transducers and sono-dialysis of a caustic solution (Chemical Engineering, Ph.D. dissertation), [Blacksburg, Va.]: [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], 1956 (LD5655.V856 1956.B345)

Robert S. Luttrell, Determination of the mean particle diameter, particle density, and fraction voids of Ottawa sand (Chemical Engineering, B.S. thesis), [Blacksburg, Va.]: [Virginia Polytechnic Institute], 1955 (LD5655.V853 1955.L877)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Chemical engineering
• Students and alumni
• University History
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).