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An escape from becoming a mechanical engineer trying

               to make engineering drawings the rest of my life.  So I
               switched  my  major  from  mechanical  to  metallurgical
               engineering in my sophomore year.


               The  newly  formed  department  of  metallurgical
               engineering  headed  by  Dean  Otto  Zmescal  (ferrous

               metallurgy)  was  top  rate!  The  prime  teaching  staff
               consisted  of  Max  Hansen  (physical  metallurgy)  and
               Lucio Mondolfo (non-ferrous metals & processes).  The

               only issue that created a problem for me was the fact we
               had  to  take  a  full  three  years  of  chemistry,  along  with

               non-electives  such  as  physics,  electricity,  statics,
               dynamics, machine shop, and I think some other liberal
               arts  stuff.  It  wasn’t  until  my  junior  year  that  I  finally
               broke free of my torpor and climbed out of probation.


               Metallurgy  had  really  “turned  me  on”  and  the

               combinations of classes, taught by experts in their field,
               and tours of industry around the Chicago area, along with
               applying math and science to problem-solving created a

               new  and  exciting  world  for  me.  It  was  common  for
               classmates  to  critique  our  curriculum  that  required
               English,  chemistry,  electricity  (DC  &  AC),  along  with

               other required liberal arts courses – the thinking prevailed
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