Chemical engineering more than any other, may be called the engineering of the future. It is the result of an evolution in which most of the other branches have played a part... The chemical engineer stands today on the threshold of a vast virgin realm; in it lie the secrets of life and prosperity for mankind in the future of the world.

In: Lenox R. Lohr, Centennial of Engineering: History and Proceedings of Symposia: - 1852-1952