Egon Orowan papers
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Collection contains diaries and notebooks describing personal and professional activities; correspondence with various companies, including E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Boeing Company, for which Orowan consulted; conference papers and lecture notes on mechanical engineering and materials science; reprints of writings, mostly on geology and materials science; and correspondence and patent materials for various innovations and inventions, including a patent for the Enterostomy Appliance, 1959. Also included are 35mm slides and photographic glass plates relating to metallurgy and geology. Series 4 contains drafts and writings labelled "The Aging of Societies," and others concerning the stability of the Western industrial economies, and problems of higher education.
Dates
- 1929 - 1989
Creator
- Orowan, E. (Egon), 1902-1989 (Person)
Access note
This collection is open.
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Biography
Egon Orowan, 1902-1989, received a degree in engineering in 1929 and a doctorate in 1932 from the Technical University of Berlin, where he was an assistant professor until 1933. He came to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1950 as visiting professor and was named George Westinghouse Professor of Mechanical Engineering in 1951. After retiring, he was senior lecturer at MIT, 1968-1973. The focus of his research was on the physics of metals including the mechanisms of crystal plasticity, strengthening mechanisms and fracture.
Extent
10.45 Cubic Feet (8 record cartons, 5 manuscript boxes, 1 folio, 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Hungarian
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Source of Acquisiton
The papers were given to Distinctive Collections (formerly the Institute Archives and Special Collections) in January 1990, March 2019, and March 2021 by Susan Katherine Martin, Orowon's daughter.
Processing Information note
Some collection descriptions are based on legacy data and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. Description may change pending verification. Please contact the MIT Department of Distinctive Collections if you notice any errors or discrepancies.
- Business consultants Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Enterostomy -- Patents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Materials science -- Research. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Metallurgy. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Orowan, E. (Egon), 1902-1989
- Physics -- Research. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Orowan, E. (Egon), 1902-1989 (Person)
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory to the Papers of Egon Orowan
- Status
- Ready For Review
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021 April 26: Description for accession 2021-021 (boxes 11-14) added by Greta Kuriger Suiter.
Repository Details
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