TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License, S TI - William H. Gauvin, interviewed by James J. Bohning in Montréal, Québec on July 11, 1991 ID - 1z40kt72h PB - Science History Institute CY - Philadelphia AV - Oral History Transcript 0099 VL - Oral History Transcript 0099 AN - Oral History Transcript 0099 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/1z40kt72h AB - William Gauvin begins with background information about his childhood experiences in Europe, his formative education, and his emigration during the Depression to join his family in Canada. He describes his education at McGill University, which culminated in both wartime work on RDX as well as several early electrochemistry papers. He next recounts his employment with Frank W. Horner Ltd. and the initiation and development of his lifelong spray drying work. Gauvin relates his recruitment to the Pulp and Paper Research Institute, his move to Noranda, and his associations with Hydro-Quebec and other industrial research centers. While recounting the circumstances behind each of these professional "turning points," he discusses the evolution of the chemical engineering department at McGill and the involvement of his graduate students at these research centers. Throughout the interview, he emphasizes the often difficult balance between research and management views on R&D, and between technical feasibility and economic feasibility of new technologies. Gauvin reviews his contributions to science policy, industry-academe cooperation, and government support for R&D. He concludes the interview with a consideration of chemical engineering in Canada today, and of the highlights of his own career in the field. KW - Chemical engineering KW - Chemistry, Physical and theoretical KW - Winkler, Carl A. KW - Noranda Research Centre KW - Churchill, Stuart Winston, 1920- KW - McGill University. Department of Chemical Engineering KW - Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada KW - Gauvin, William H., 1913-1994 KW - Chemical engineers KW - Thiesmeyer, Lincoln R. (Lincoln Reuber), 1908- KW - Spray drying KW - Nitroamines LA - English ER -