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Donald R. Paul, PhD Director (Retired), Professor, Senior Chair The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Dr. Paul is an esteemed academic adminis- trator, researcher and professor of chemical engineering, who has enjoyed more than 50 years in his industry. His natural aptitude for science became evident in high school, and he discovered a passion for chemical engineering that would lead to a research position with E.I DuPont in Richmond, Virginia. He continued his career at North Carolina State University, from which he obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1961. Dr. Paul concluded his education at the University of Wisconsin, where he taught chemical engineering while completing course- work, earning a Master of Science in 1963 and a PhD in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, Dr. Paul served in a research position with the Chemstrand Research Center in Durham, North Carolina. He later joined the University of Texas as an assistant professor of chemical engineering, advancing to the post of an associate professor in 1970, professor in 1973, chairman of the department of engineering in 1977, and T. Brockett Hudson professor of chemical engineering in 1978. In 1985, Dr. Paul was designated by the University of Texas as the Melvin H. Gertz regents chair of chemical engineering. Dr. Paul continues to teach at the University of Texas and operates as the Ernest Cockrell, Sr. senior chair of engineering. Likewise, he is active as the director of the Center for Polymer Research and the director of the Texas Materials Institute. His research focuses on the properties and treatment of polymeric materials, and has recently expanded to include work on the use of polymer membranes in water purification and reverse osmosis systems. Dr. Paul is the co-author of several books, including “Controlled Release Polymeric Formulations,’ in 1976, “Polymer Blends,” in 1978, and “Polymer Blends: Formulation and Performance,” in 2000. He has been published in professional journals including Polymer, Science and the Journal of Membrane Science.