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September 19, 2005 Volume 30, Issue 6 |
Elmore fills Henry Chair in Chemical Engineering
An award-winning veteran faculty member at Louisiana Tech University is the new holder of the Hunter W. Henry Chair in Chemical Engineering.
Dr. Bill B. Elmore recently joined the Bagley College of Engineering after 15 years at the Ruston, La., institution. An associate professor in the Swalm School of Chemical Engineering, he replaces the recently retired Irvin Atly Jefcoat.
“We are excited about Dr. Elmore joining the faculty of our engineering school,” said college Dean Kirk H. Schulz. “His enthusiasm for teaching will encourage our chemical engineering students towards continued academic excellence.
“Dr. Atly Jefcoat set a very high standard of excellence for the Hunter Henry Chair holder, and I am confident Dr. Elmore will set an even higher standard for the chair,” Schulz added.
Elmore earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering at the University of Arkansas, the latter in 1990.
While at Louisiana Tech, Elmore was honored as outstanding faculty adviser for the College of Engineering and Science in 1999. He served the university as academic director for a variety of programs that included biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, civil engineering, construction engineering technology, and geosciences.
“I was very excited at this stage of my career to have the opportunity to re-engage fully with student mentoring through scholarship and research,” Elmore said of his MSU appointment. “The warm reception my family and I have received from everyone at Mississippi State and at Starkville has been a wonderful affirmation of this move.”
Hunter Henry, a Canton native and 1950 MSU graduate, is the former executive vice president and a former member of the board of directors of Dow Chemical Co. He also served as president of Dow Chemical USA and Dow Brazil prior to his retirement.