Abstract :
Clarence Lester Hogan was born on February 8, 1920, in Great Falls, Mont. He received the B.S. degree in chemical engineering from Montana State College in 1942. While an undergraduate he was elected to Phi Kappa Phi and Tau Beta Pi and received two awards: the American Chemical Society Award, based on an election by the faculty and student body, and given to a junior student showing great promise for professional development, and the Montana Society of Engineers Gold Medal, given to the most outstanding senior in the College of Engineering. Among his extra curricular activities were the offices of editor-in-chief of the college publication, The Maztana Engineer, and vice-president of Kappa Sigma.