Lane Mitchell (July 11, 1907 in

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– December 4, 1988) was an American

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at the

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and the head (and founder) of the Department of Ceramic Engineering there, now known as Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering.

Education

Born in Atlanta on July 11, 1907, Mitchell attended the

(1925-1929), receiving his

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in 1929. He then attended the

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(1929-1931) for a

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. He then attended

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from 1931 to 1932, but transferred to

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

Career

While attending Emory, Mitchell was an English instructor at Boy's High in Atlanta from 1932-1934. He was then employed from 1934 to 1936 as Assistant State of Georgia Geologist and participated in a geological survey of Georgia. In 1936, Mitchell was appointed as an

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at his alma mater, the

. He was then an

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from 1938 to 1941. From 1940 to 1941, Michell attended

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and received his

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in 1941. From 1941 to 1949, Mitchell was Professor and Head of the Department of Ceramic Engineering; the only difficulty being that the ceramic engineering department (as led by W. Harry Vaughan) had been disbanded due to

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. Through his work, he rebuilt the program and it was renamed the School of Ceramic Engineering. Mitchell would remain director of the school until his retirement from Georgia Tech on June 30, 1973.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitchell, Lane Georgia Tech alumni University of Illinois alumni Pennsylvania State University alumni Georgia Tech faculty 1907 births 1988 deaths

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