Memorial Tributes Volume 6 (1993) / Chapter Skim
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Sakae Yagi
Sakae Yagi
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The Chattanooga Times said of Wess: "He sees hisjob in human terms as well as kilowatts and self-financing plans. He likes to think of the transformation TVA power has wrought in countless farm houses and mountain cabins, where water is now pumped instead of carried, and where modern ranges, refrigerators, and washing machines lighten the housewife's burden." Although his work was of major importance to an entire region, Wess was a humble, private person.
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, where he carried a heavy load of graduate subjects while doing research on flame lengths. In a farewell dinner party for the chemical engineering staff, he said that he would return to Japan to start many chemical engineering departments in his nation's universities.
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From heading the chemical engineering department at the University of Tokyo, Dr. Yagi moved on to become clean of engineering, then head liaison among chemical engineering, applied chemistry, and petroleum engineering.
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That exchange, between Japan en cl the United States, of knowledge about progress in engineering and science was characteristic of Sakae Yagi's dedication to the educational process, worldwide.
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