Editorial: Celebrating an industry giant: Dr. Peter W. Hart, TAPPI Journal April 2024

 


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Author: Douglas Coffin
Editorial: Celebrating an industry giant: Dr. Peter W. Hart,
ABSTRACT: On February 19, 1915, at the annual meeting of the American Paper and Pulp Association held at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, a group of 35 people formed a new division called the “Technical Section of the American Paper and Pulp Association” with the objectives to: (1) stimulate interest in the science of pulp and papermaking; (2) provide means for the inter-change of ideas among its members; and (3) encourage original investigation. At that meeting, Professor Ralph H. McKee of the University of Maine (1909-1916) spoke. Professor McKee had initiated the first college course in Pulp and Paper in the United States. In his remarks he stated:
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