Arthur M. Squires (21 March 1916 – 18 May 2012) was a

chemical engineer A chemical engineer is a professional equipped with the knowledge of chemistry and other basic sciences who works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of Product (chemistry), products and deals with ...

and member of the

Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the ...

. He was later on the chemical engineering faculties of the

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a Public university, public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York ...

and

Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...

.NAP Memorial Tributes vol. 18: obituary
/ref> He was a native of

Neodesha, Kansas Neodesha is a city in Wilson County, Kansas, Wilson County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,275. The name is derived from the Osage Nation, Osage word, ''Ni-o-sho-de'', ...

, and died at

Blacksburg, Virginia Blacksburg is an incorporated town in Montgomery County, Virginia, United States, with a population of 44,826 at the 2020 census. Blacksburg and the surrounding county is dominated economically and demographically by the presence of Virginia T ...

. His first degree was from the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Univers ...

; his PhD, in

physical chemistry Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mech ...

, was awarded by

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

. He also wrote several books, including ''The Tender Ship,'' which defends his thesis that governments are usually incompetent managers of technology projects. Squires's papers are held at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

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AtomicHeritage.org Arthur M Squires
1916 births 2012 deaths American chemical engineers Manhattan Project people City College of New York faculty Virginia Tech faculty University of Missouri alumni Cornell University alumni People from Neodesha, Kansas {{US-scientist-stub