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Ed Crosby in his laboratory, 10/1984. |
Citation from Red
Cedar Circle Award
Edwin Johansen Crosby was born in Flint, Michigan and,
following his undergraduate studies in mathematics and
chemical engineering at Michigan State in 1950, received
his doctorate in chemical engineering from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1955. Following two years
at DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware and as a special lecturer
at the University of Delaware, Ed took a post as a Fulbright
Research Scholar at the Technical University of Denmark.
In 1958 he returned to the University of Wisconsin as
a professor, where he spent the rest of his career.
Ed was a pioneer in the field of atomization, spray
processing and the use of high speed film to study droplet
collisions. He also authored a very widely used book
Experiments in Transport Phenomena and was universally
regarded as an inspiring and effective teacher. Shortly
before his untimely death from cancer, Ed endowed the
Johansen Crosby
Professorship in the Department of Chemical Engineering
at Michigan State University. This endowment has been
instrumental in enriching the undergraduate program
in the Department. |
Ed Crosby's father, Edwin Rallard Crosby, owned an electric
supply company in Flint, Michigan, and his mother, Thora Anne
Johansen Crosby, was an ardent horticulturist and volunteer
for Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service
in Flint.
Five-year old Ed Crosby at home in Flint, MI, 1930.
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Ed Crosby at age 13. Ed worked on this soapbox racer
and entered the race 5 years without a win. He kept
competing until he was 16 and too old to qualify.
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Ed Crosby rented this room in an East Lansing home
when he was an MSU student.
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Ed Crosby in his office at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. His pioneering book, Experiments in Transport
Phenomena, was published by John Wiley & Sons in
1961. |
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