Energy: The Life of John J. McKetta Jr.
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (889 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1477312900 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Elisabeth Sharp McKetta teaches writing for Harvard Extension School. She is the author of The Fairy Tales Mammals Tell, The Creative Year: 52 Workshops for Writers, Fear of the Deep, and Poetry for Strangers.
"In this beautifully written book, Elisabeth Sharp McKetta has captured the deep love, respect, and joy—as well as the example—that Johnny McKetta has given us all. An ingenious, delightful read about an ingenious and delightful man." (Jack Broodo, Global Business President of Dow Feedstock and Energy)
To honor his one hundredth birthday in 2015, thousands of his former students raised more than $25 million to celebrate his contributions to their lives and to chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, which rechristened his home department the John J. McKetta Jr., a first-generation Ukrainian American coal miner who worked his way up from the mines to become the world's foremost energy expert, a university dean, an encyclopedia editor, and one of the most widely known and respected professors in his field. John J. McKetta Jr. Energy recounts the life of Dr. Department of Chemical Engineering.In this biography, granddaughter Elisabeth Sharp McKetta retraces Dr. McKetta Jr.'s fascinating story has been the subject of hundreds of articles and interviews, and now Energy is the first full-length book about his remarkable life.. She describes how he dedic