November 1, 1995

Professor emeritus honored

Dr. Vivian Thomas Stannett, Camille Dreyfus Professor Emeritus of chemical engineering at N.C. State University, was awarded the 1995 Olney Medal for achievement in textile chemistry at the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) International Conference in Atlanta, October 9.

Established in 1944 in honor of Dr. Louis Atwell Olney, the founder and first president of AATCC, the medal recognizes outstanding achievement in textile chemistry, polymer chemistry or other fields of chemistry important to textile science.

Stannett received a B.S. in chemistry from London Polytechnic 1939 and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1950. He joined the chemical engineering faculty at N.C. State in 1967. He retired in 1988 and since that time has served part-time as Camille Dreyfus scientist for the Research Triangle Institute.

During his career he received numerous awards, was active in a number of societies, served on the editorial boards of several professional journals and published about 400 papers and reviews on polymer science and technology. He is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the New York Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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