Each year, a special lecture is given in memory of Harry G. Fair, an outstanding OU alumnus. Harry G. Fair was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on June 3, 1916. He received his B. S. in Chemical Engineering in 1939. He joined Phillips Petroleum Company in 1939 and worked his way up to Vice President for Supply and Transportation, with responsibility for world-wide exchange of crude oil and all transportation facilities. In 1966, he joined the M.W. Kellogg Company as Executive Vice President, in charge of all engineering activities and became Executive Vice President of Coastal States Gas Corporation from 1971 until the time of his death on July 27, 1974. Harry G. Fair was active in service to society and to his alma mater. He was a member of a number of professional societies and was a licensed professional engineer.

This lecture is made possible by the Harry G. Fair Memorial Fund contributed by his widow, Jane Swift Fair. Arrangements are made by the School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering.

Memorial Lecturers

2008 Donale R. Paul, University of Texas Austin

2006 John M. Prausnitz, University of California, Berkeley
2005 James A. Dumesic, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2004 Robert C. Armstrong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2003 Nicholas A. Peppas, University of Texas-Austin
2002 Richard C. Alkire, University of Illinois
2001 Ralph T. Yang, University of Michigan
2000 Enrique Iglesia, University of California, Berkeley
1999 George Stephanopoulous, M.I.T.
1998 Stuart L. Cooper, Ohio State University
1997 Keith E. Gubbins, North Carolina State University
1996 Scott H. Fogler, University of Michigan
1995 Gary L. Haller, Yale University
1994 Christopher W. Macosko, University of Minnesota
1993 Larry V. McIntire, Rice University
1992 Dan Luss, University of Houston
1991 E. N. Lightfoot, University of Wisconsin
1990 George A. Samara, Sandia National Labs
1989 James Wei, M.I.T.
1988 C. Judson King, University of California, Berkeley
1987 Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY, Buffalo
1986 Stuart W. Churchill, University of Pennsylvania
1985 John M. Campbell, John M. Campbell & Co.
1984 Richard G. Askew, Phillips Chemical Co.
1983 B. H. Sellers, Sellers Chemical Co.
1982 Lynn T. Reed, Warren Petroleum Co.
1981 Robert S. Purgason, Perry Gas Processors
1980 A. B. Slaybaugh, Conoco Inc.
1979 Charles R. Perry, Perry Gas Companies
1978 Raymond W. Lowe, E.I. DuPont de Nemours
1977 Laurance S. Reid, Ball-Reid Engineers Inc.
1976 Harry L. Blomquist, Jr., Coastal States Gas Co.
1975 Stanley Learned, Phillips Petroleum Co.