|
Rolf PrinceRudolf George Herman Prince AO (2 August 1928 – 3 July 2017), commonly known as Rolf Prince, was a noted chemical engineering academic, specializing in distillation and mass transfer.[1][2] LifePrince was born in Chemnitz,[3] Germany on 2 August 1928[4] from a Jewish family.[1] He and his mother moved to Italy in 1936, to Ireland in 1939 and to New Zealand in 1940,[1][2] and he became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1946.[5] He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School in Christchurch, then studied chemical engineering and chemistry at Canterbury University College of the University of New Zealand graduating in 1949.[3] He then took a PhD at the University of Sydney, Australia, becoming a lecturer there.[2] In 1953 he moved to the UK as a process engineer with The Distillers Company.[3] From 1958, Prince pursued an academic career, starting as a lecturer at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, then in 1960 a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney and in 1965 a professor at the University of Queensland,[2] where he established a new department of chemical engineering.[4] From 1969 to 1994 he was professor and head of the department of chemical engineering at the University of Sydney, remaining there until his retirement in 1998.[1][2][3] Prince died in Sydney on 3 July 2017.[4][6] FamilyHe married Laurel Williamson (19 November 1926 – 7 April 2018),[7] whom he met while a student.[1] They had three children.[1][7] Honours
References
|
