Engineering vs. Chemical Science

By the turn of the century, major American industries were being consolidated through mergers and acquisitions, partly because of the stress of international competition. Frank A. Vanderlip observed in Scribner s Magazine in 1905 that as combinations are made in the industrial field, the possibility of employing highly trained technical experts rapidly increases. 

Surprisingly, the winner of the contest, Walker, resigned the next year, and the MIT Chemistry Department was split in two, Warren K. Lewis heading the new and separate Department of Chemical Engineering. 

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