William Bailey Russel () was an American

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, Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Chemical Engineering, emeritus, and dean emeritus of the graduate school at Princeton University. He earned his BA and MChE degrees at Rice University in 1969 and his PhD at

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in 1973. He was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at Cambridge University in 1974. Russel was known for his significant contribution to the study of surface and

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, and was published widely in these scientific fields. Russel joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1974 as an assistant professor. He was the director of the Princeton Materials Institute. He served as the dean of the graduate school of Princeton University for 12 years before retiring in 2014. In 1993, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for research on the influence of polymers on the phase behavior, coagulation, and rheology of colloidal dispersions. He was also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was awarded the Bingham Medal in 1999 by the Society of Rheology.

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1945 births 2023 deaths Rice University alumni Princeton University faculty American chemical engineers Stanford University alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 21st-century American engineers 20th-century American engineers Presidents of the Society of Rheology {{US-engineer-stub