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While in the Air Force, I thought a lot about my career plans. At one time I thought seriously about going to medical school but instead decided to go to graduate school in chemical engineering. Q: Where did you go to graduate school? A: I enrolled in the chemical engineering program at the University of Oklahoma for the spring semester, 1958. I earned an M.S. Degree in 1959 under Professor Richard Huntington and a Ph.D. Degree in 1963. My doctoral research topic was heat transfer in porous media, still pursing my interest in petroleum engineering. My experience as a doctoral student was an excellent one, and it is probably through that experience that I decided to become a professor (although that decision was not actually made until a year after I had completed Ph.D. requirements). My favorite mentors, who had the most influence on me were Professors Bob Perry, Cedomir Shepcievich, and Jack Powers. I truly developed a close relationship with Bob and hated to part company when my degree requirements were completed in 1962. Later I assisted Bob Perry on the 4 th edition of the Chemical Engineer’s Handbook. Our oldest son Guy Leslie Green, was born Nov. 4, 1961, while we were in Norman, OK. He now lives in Seattle, WA. His wife Aina is from Norway. Their daughter Erika is 16 and son Tomas is 14. Guy has a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, from the University of Kansas. He is a registered Professional Engineer. Guy is Chief, Design Branch, Construction Division of the US Corp of Engineers in Seattle. Q: What did you do after you finished your Ph.D. work? 6
A: After my Ph.D. work was complete, I joined Continental Oil Co. as a research engineer in the Petroleum Production Research Division in their laboratory at Ponca City, Oklahoma. During my two years there, the main focus was petroleum reservoir computer simulation. Don Michael Green, our middle son, was born Jan. 7, 1964, in Ponca City, OK. His wife is Susan and their daughters are Sally, 5, and Anne, 3. Mike has a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Kansas and a Law degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO. He is Assistant US Attorney (Prosecutor), Western Division, Missouri, US Department of Justice. . It was while at Conoco that a decision was made to try to become a professor. I contacted my mentors at OU and they helped me obtain campus interviews. KU was a perfect match for me because the department offered undergraduate and graduate degrees, both in chemical and petroleum engineering. I was offered a position and joined the faculty as an assistant professor for the 1964-1965 academic year. I was promoted to associate professor in 1967 and to full professor in 1971. Charles Patrick Green was born Oct. 11, 1966, in Lawrence. His wife is Tiffany. They have a daughter Riley, 7, and a son, Ryan, 5. Patrick has a B.S. in Biology (Pre- Med) and an MD from the University of Kansas. His residency was in Cardiology, St. Luke’s, Kansas City, MO. He is now employed by the Heart Center of the Rockies at Fort Collins, CO. The other thing that I would mention was that I was the chair of the department, two different times, actually three different times. I was acting chair in 1967 to 1968. I was really a young whippersnapper because I had only been here three years. Harold Rossen, who was on the faculty and chair at the time, took a leave of absence or 7
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