Robert H. Perry

Robert H. Perry (1924-1978) was the second editor of the popular reference work "Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook", originally edited by his father, John H. Perry, with the first edition published in 1934. He taught at the University of Oklahoma from 1958 to 1964, and was department director of Chemical Engineering from 1961 to 1963. He has also taught at the University of Rochester and the University of Delaware. He supervised the production of the 4th and 5th editions in 1963 and 1973, but was killed in an automobile accident in 1978 before the 6th edition could be published. He was also the PhD adviser of the current editor of Perry's Handbook, Don Green.