John Lester (Jack) Hudson
(1937 June 19 - 2016 August 6)
Education:
| 1959 | B.S., University of Illinois |
| 1960 | M.S.E., Princeton University |
| 1962 | Ph.D., Northwestern University |
| 1962-1963 | Postdoctoral Study, University of Grenoble, France |
Professional Experience:
| 1963-1969 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois |
| 1969-1975 | Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois |
| 1975-1988 | Professor,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 1988- | Wills Johnson Professor,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia |
Service:
| 1974-1975 | Manager, Division of Air Pollution Control, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency |
| 1975-1985 | Chairman,Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia |
| 1985-1986 | Member, Center for Advanced Studies |
| Registered Professional Engineer, State of Illinois 62-33460 |
Honors and Awards:
| 1962-1963 | Fulbright Fellowship,France |
| 1982-1983 | Fulbright Fellowship,Germany |
| 1989 | Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Prize |
| 1991 | R. H. Wilhelm Award, AIChE |
| 1995 | Honorary Professor, East China University of Science and Technology |
| 2008 | National Academy of Engineering |
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Obituary from The Daily Progress on 2016 August 9.
In Memoriam by Yannis G. Kevrekidis, István Z. Kiss, Hiroshi Kori, and Katharina Krischer (2018). Introduction to Focus Issue: In Memory of John L. Hudson: Self-Organized Structures in Chemical Systems. Chaos, 28(4):045001
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John "Jack" Hudson was an American scientist from Charlottesville, Virginia. He taught in the Chemical Engineering department at the University of Virginia for four decades, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest possible honor for his field in 2008.
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