Having been subjected to needles routinely from the time I was a tyke, I developed a pathological hatred to being injected. After all, it would not be atypical for me to have been subjected to 150 injections in any given year, until I turned 12.
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You know that despite all my additional training and education, I consider myself first and foremost a chemical engineer. Whether I am working in the medical profession, pharmaceuticals, water, finance, management, or tax- my approach is always to follow the rules of chemical engineering. Input-Output-Accumulation+Generation. (As you can surmise, that rule can equally apply to economics, biological systems, water treatment- even human interactions.)
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I met Bob Gore back during those first few Inc 500 conferences. Both of our firms made the grade. And, Bob was also a PhD ChemE, earned at the University of Minnesota.
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A little history today. Not too far back.
Back around 1900, a new chemical company was forming- Engelhard. Right about the time industrial chemists were finding out they needed a lot more engineering to scale up and produce the chemicals the world would need. And, chemical engineering was born about the same time.
I belong to a very select club. OK, it’s less select now than when I first joined up. But, still.
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Back when I was planning my life (OK. I’m still planning my life- it’s just more done than years past), I wondered when I was done getting my PhD in Chemical Engineering, what other degrees I should seek One of the possibilities was getting an MBA (Masters of Business Administration), if I planned to work in industry and not be a professor for the rest of my life. (Since I planned to invent two new products a year, it wasn’t clear that a professorship would mesh well with such a lifestyle.)
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Back when I was in college, there was a truism. Engineering programs were designed to make everyone fit in a square box- the original “we will make you equal” employer concept. Thankfully, that was true for all the disciplines except mine- Chemical Engineering.
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