Morris Eugene Fine (April 12, 1918 – September 30, 2015) was
Professor Emeritus
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of
Materials Science and Engineering
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The intellectual origins of materials scien ...
in Service and Member of the Graduate Faculty at
Northwestern University
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,
Evanston, Illinois
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. A member of Northwestern's faculty for over 60 years starting in 1954, he was co-founder of the world's first department of materials science in that university. He is particularly known for his contributions to the field of physical
metallurgy
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, and his 1964 book "Introduction to Phase Transformations in Condensed Systems" is a classical text in the field.
[Morris E. Fine, Materials Science Pioneer, Dies at 97]
/ref> He was born in Jamestown, North Dakota
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Worcester, Massachusetts
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on October 7, 2015.[
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Bio
at Northwestern University
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Northwestern University faculty
2015 deaths
1918 births
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
American materials scientists
Scientists at Bell Labs
Manhattan Project people
People from Jamestown, North Dakota
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