The David M. Mason Lectures in Chemical Engineering are named in honor of the late David M. Mason, who was Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at Stanford University.
Mason Lecture Series
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2025 | Prof. Frank S. Bates
The 49th Annual David M. Mason Lecture
2024 | Dr. Jennifer Holmgren
The 48th Annual David M. Mason Lecture
2023 | Prof. Sharon C. Glotzer
The 47th Annual David M. Mason Lecture
List of past lecturers (1975 - Present)
| Year | Lecturer | University |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Frank S. Bates | University of Minnesota |
| 2024 | Jennifer Holmgren | CEO, LanzaTech |
| 2023 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | |
| 2022 | Frances H. Arnold | California Institute of Technology |
| 2021 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 2020 | Canceled Due to COVID-19 | |
| 2019 | Lynden Archer | Cornell University |
| 2018 | Symposium in Honor of Robert J. Madix | |
| 2017 | Ann L. Lee | Genentech |
| 2016 | Paula T. Hammond | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2015 | Pablo G. Debenedetti | Princeton University |
| 2014 | David A. Weitz | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) |
| 2013 | Gregory Stephanopoulos | MIT Energy Initiative |
| 2012 | Enrique Iglesia | University of California, Berkeley |
| 2011 | G. M. "Bud" Homsy | Emeritus, Stanford ChemE |
| 2010 | Golden Anniversary Symposium | |
| 2009 | Ronald Larson | University of Michigan |
| 2008 | Alice P. Gast | Imperial College London |
| 2007 | David A. Tirrell | California Institute of Technology |
| 2006 | James A. Dumesic | University of Wisconsin |
| 2005 | Elsa Reichmanis | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2004 | L. Gary Leal | university of California, Santa Barbara |
| 2003 | Mark A. Barteau | Texas A&M University |
| 2002 | John F. Brady | California Institute of Technology |
| 2001 | Robert S. Langer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2000 | Mark E. Davis | California Institute of Technology |
| 1999 | James E. Bailey | (1944 – 9 May 2001) |
| 1998 | Matthew Tirrell | University of Chicago |
| 1997 | Henrik Topsøe | (1944 – 9 August 2019) |
| 1996 | Lanny D. Schmidt | (1938 – 27 March 2020) |
| 1995 | John H. Sinfelt | (1931 – 2 May 2011) |
| 1994 | Mary L. Good | (1931 – 20 November 2019) |
| 1993 | Robert A. Brown | Boston University |
| 1992 | William B. Russel | Princeton University |
| 1991 | L. Louis Hegedus | (1941 – 24 May 2017) |
| 1990 | Harry G. Drickamer | (1918 – 6 May 2002) |
| 1989 | John H. Seinfeld | California Institute of Technology |
| 1988 | Kenneth H. Keller | University of Minnesota |
| 1987 | William R. Schowalter | Princeton University |
| 1986 | Silver Anniversary Symposium | |
| 1985 | Pierre-Gilles de Gennes | (1932 – 18 May 2007) |
| 1984 | Paul M. Cook | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 1983 | Thomas J. Hanratty | (1926 – 24 August 2016) |
| 1982 | John R. Grey | (1922 – 13 May 2011) |
| 1981 | John A. Quinn | (1932 – 8 February 2016) |
| 1980 | Thomas Baron | (1921 – 1985) |
| 1979 | Neal R. Amundson | (1916 – 16 February 2011) |
| 1978 | Ralph Landau | (1916 – 5 April 2004) |
| 1976 | Leon Lapidus | (1924 – 5 May 1977) |
| 1975 | Cornelius Pings | (1929 – 6 December 2004) |