VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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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.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Bakhshi, Narendra Nath, ca. 1928-, Crewdson, Robert H., Rev. Dr. (Robert Henry), 1933-2022, and Luttrell, Robert Stephens, 1933-1957
Abstract:
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.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
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.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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

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)

Acquisition information:
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.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged by material type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard