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Sep 23, 1923 Brooklyn, New York, United States Died on 10 Mar 2012 (aged 88)
American scientist
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About Elmer L. Gaden
- Elmer L.
- Gaden Jr.
- (1923 – 10 March 2012) has been described as "the father of biochemical engineering".
- A graduate of Columbia University, he wrote a dissertation that quantified the amount of oxygen necessary to fuel the fermentation process used to produce penicillin.
- Gaden established Columbia's program in biochemical engineering.
- He remained at Columbia for 26 years as a teacher, researcher, and department chair, before becoming dean of the College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Business Administration at the University of Vermont in 1974.
- In 1979, he joined the engineering faculty at the University of Virginia as the Wills Johnson Professor of Chemical Engineering.
- In 1994 he retired from Virginia, becoming Wills Johnson Professor Emeritus.
- He died in 2012.
