Inc 1. Heat Mass Trmrsfer.
Vol. 35, No. 7, pp. iii-iv,Pergamon Press Ltd. Printed in Great Britain

1992

Professor Thomas F. Irvine, Jr.
on the occasion of his 70th birthday

were accomplished. He held the position of Dean ofEngineering from 1961 to 1972, at which time he relinquished his administrative duties, stepping down as
Dean to return to full-time teaching and research
activities which he has continued until the present.
Professor Irvine’s scientific ~ont~butio~ have been
published in over IO0 refereed papers in the international literature. His published works range fromnovel techniques for the measurements of thermophysical properties, experimental studies in boilingheat transfer and two-phase flow and heat transfer, tofluid mechanical and heat transfer characteristics ofrheological fluids. In addition to his interests in fundamental research, he has also pursued the practicalapplications of such phenomena. Among these patented pursuits are the development of a concept forcontinuous flow electrophoresis, development of a
precision falling needle viscometer, and recent activities to develop a high temperature, liquid metal viscometer. Besides his many lasting contributions in thescientific literature, Professor Irvine has edited severalbooks, including Steam and Air Tables in SZ Units(with J. P. Hartnett, Hemisphere (197611, Neat Tramfer Reviews, 1953-1969 (with E. R. G. Eckert, Pergamon Press (1971)), Heat Transfer Reviews, 1970I975 (with E. R. G. Eckert, Pergamon Press (1977)),
Steam and Gas Tables with Computer stations(withP. E. Liley, Academic Press (1984)), and Heat Transfer Reviews, 1976-1986 (with E. R. G. Eckert, R. J.
Goldstein and J. P. Hartnett, Wiley (1990)).
Professor Irvine has been a pioneer in creating andmaintaining a variety of publications for the dissemination of scientific information. He was the firstThomas F. Irvine, Jr. celebrates his 70thbirthday this year. In honor of this anniversa~, wewish to take this opportunity to applaud his many
outstanding contributions during his distinguishedcareer in the fields of heat transfer and fluid
mechanics.
Professor Irvine was born on 25 June 1922 in New
Jersey and raised near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He
attended college at the Pennsylvania State University
where he received his Bachelor of Science degree inelectrical engineering in 1946. From there he went
on to the University of Minnesota where he studied
mechanical engineering under Professor E. R. G.
Eckert. It was at Minnesota that he received both hisMaster’s degree and his Doctoral degree in mechanical engineering. After completing his Ph.D. thesis
in 1956 entitled, “A New Method for the Experimental Determination of Prandtl Numbers and Thermal Conductivities of Gases; Results for Air”, hejoined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering
Department of the University of Minnesota, first as
an Assistant Professor from 1956 to 1958, then as anAssociate Professor from 1958 to 1959. In 1959, hejoined the faculty of the Mechanical Engineering
Department of the North Carolina State University
as Professor of Mechanical Engineering, where heremained until 196 1. In 196 1, he accepted an appointment as Professor of Engineering and the first Deanof the College of Engineering of the newly formed
State University of New York at Stony Brook. Itwas under his leadership that the fledgling Collegeof Engineering got its start, and construction of thefacilities and staffing of the academic departments
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editor of the Journal of Heat Transfer of the ASME,serving in that capacity from 1960 to 1963. He has
been the co-editor of the Academic Press monographseries Advances in Heat Transfer since its inception in1964 until the present (22 volumes). He was co-editorof the Pergamon Press textbook series Pergamon Unified Engineering Series from 1967 to 1974 (18volumes). He was the co-editor of the graduate textbook series by Hemisphere/McGraw-Hill
entitledSeries in Fluids and Thermal Engineering from 1972
to 1982 (24 volumes). In addition, he is the foundingand current editor of Heat Transfer-SovietResearch(Wiley, 1972 to present), Heat Transfer-Japanese
Research (Wiley, 1974 to present), and Previews ofHeat and Mass Tran.@ (Rumford, 1976 to present),
all of which serve to gather scientific contributions
from around the world and publish them in a coordinated and accessible format. He also serves on theEditorial Advisory Boards of the International Journalof Heat and Mass Transfer and the International
Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.
Professor Irvine has been very active in a numberof domestic and international
scientific organizations
for many years. He has actively participated in many
important functions of the Assembly for International
Heat Transfer Conference,UNESCO of the United
Nations, and the International
Center for Heat andMass Transfer, to name just a few. He was a memberof the founding
committee
for the International
Center for Heat and Mass Transfer, and is currently
an ASME representative
to the Scientific Council ofthe ICHMT. He has been a Member of the American
Society of Mechanical Engineers for 33 years and has

been elected Fellow of that society. He presently serveson the K-7 Thermophysical
Properties
Committee
and the Admissions Committee of the ASME. He is
also a Fellow of the American Association
for theAdvancementof Science.
His many international
friends and colleagues
provide evidence of his tireless efforts to promote
open international
scientific exchange between manynations,
particularly
during politicallydisadvantageous times, most prominently
with the People’s
Republic of China, the Republic of China, South
Korea, Japan, and the former Soviet Union. He has
enjoyed Visiting Professorships
and Visiting Research
Scientist positions abroad at the Technical Universityof Munich, University of Belgrade, AERE Harwcll,
and the University of Florence. to name a few. He
has lectured extensively around the world in thesecountries,
as well as in Turkey, Germany.
Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia,Romania, Poland, and India.
Professor
Irvine has developed
and maintained
close relationships
with his professional
colleagues
and his present and former students. Now it is ourturn to express appreciation
to Professor Irvine forhis many contributions
over the past four decades.
both personal and professional. We wish him well on
his seventieth birthday and many happy returns of theday.
G. A. GREENS
W. J. LEONHARDT
N. A. PARK
J. P. HARTNBTT
W. J. MINKOWYCZ
E. HAHNE