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Dr. Charles E. Hamrin of the Department ofChemicalEngineering believes that the researchbeing done in chemistry now will largely determinethe future of mankind.Asearly as high school, Dr. Hamrin was interestedin chemical engineering and later graduatedfrom Northwestern University. He likes to"express things exactly, solve problems, anddelve into independent research."One of the problems the College of Engineeringis facing now is that few students are interestedin entering engineering. Dr. Hamrin attributesthis to an idealistic attitude on the part of thestudent. "A student entering college wants to dosomething to help mankind and engineeringjust sounds too dry and technical to accomplishmuch along this line. I think personal contactbetween engineers and students would dispelthis image substantially and encourage moreyoung people to enter this field."49