| 词条 | Orval Leroy Lewis |
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BiographyEducation and careerLewis had graduated from Texas Tech University with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1939,[4] and joined the ASME the same year. In 1948 he had done some graduate work in chemical engineering at the University of Tulsa. Later in 1954 he would also obtained his MBA in Industrial Management at the University of Southern California. After World War II in 1946 Lewis was project engineer the Jones ft Laughlin Supply Co, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[4] By 1965 he was project manager at C. F. Braun & Company in Alhambra, California, later acquired by KBR, where he was responsible for the coordination of his company's, engineering and sales of special government projects.[5] In 1970 he had joined the Houston Research Institute, Inc., where he worked as manager of engineering.[6] Honours and awardsIn 1963 was elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers,[7] and served as its president in the year 1978-79. In 1978 he was named a Distinguished Engineer by Texas Tech University,[8] and in the new millennium the Texas Tech University initiated the Lewis the Orval Leroy Lewis Award, a Staff Award, in his honour. It was first awarded in 2005-06.[9] References1. ^Mechanical Engineering News, Volumes 15-17. 1978. p. 56 {{Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers|state=collapsed}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Orval Leroy}}2. ^Pan American Federation of Engineering Associations, Engineers Joint Council, UPADI's XV Convention: VIII Pan American Congress on Engineering Education : III Pan American Exhibition on Engineering and Industry, October 1–7, 1978, Santiago, Chile. 1979. p. 3. 3. ^Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Volume 101. 1979. 4. ^American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME Membership List. 1946. p. 98. 5. ^The Society, Mechanical Engineering: The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Volume 87, Part 2, 1965. p. 91. 6. ^1 ASME. Engineers of Distinction. Volume 1. 1970. p. 260 7. ^American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Transactions of the ASME. 1963. p. 137 8. ^Mechanical Engineering, Volume 100. 1978. p. 88 9. ^Faculty, Staff, and Student Awards, Texas Tech University, 2017. Accessed 2017-09-23. 10 : 1916 births|1990s deaths|American chemical engineers|American mechanical engineers|American business executives|Texas Tech University alumni|University of Tulsa alumni|University of Southern California alumni|Presidents of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers|20th-century American engineers |
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