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Doherty’s Career Marked
By Distinguished Service
Born March 23, 1898, in Houston,
Wilfred Thomas Doherty has had
a long and distinguished career
in the oil industry in Texas.
He embarked on his career with
the Humble Oil and Eefining Co.
in 1922 after studying chemical
engineering at A&M.
He served with Humble in vari
ous capacities until 1938, first as
an engineer in the process and
research laboratories, as Gulf
Coast petroleum engineer - , as en
gineer in charge of the petroleum
engineering department and last
as division superintendent.
From 1938-1958 he served as
general superintendent for the
Robert A. Welch interests, and
then as president and director of
the Mound Co. from 1948-1959. He
also served as vice-president and
director of the Fidelity Oil and
Royalty Co. from 1949-1955.
In 1953 he became trustee for
the Robert A. Welch Foundation
and today he is president and a
member of the board of directors
of that organization.
In addition to his varied inter
ests with the oil industry, he served
as director of the First National
Bank of Houston from 1953-1956,
and director of the Texas National
Bank of Houston from 1956-1957.
Vitally interested in higher edu
cation, Doherty was a member of
the Board of Directors of the A&M
College System from 1953-1959,
the last four years as president
of the board.
He has also served with distinc
tion as a counselor to the A&M
Research Foundation. Now he is
a trustee to the A&M Develop
ment Foundation.
In addition to his other con
tributions to higher education, he
co-authored with Joseph Zaba a
book entitled “Practical Petroleum
Engineer’s Handbook” which is
now in its fourth edition.
Doherty holds membership in
many professional societies, among
which are the American Chemical
Society, American Association for
the Advancement of Science, Texas
Academy of Science, American
Petroleum Institute, American
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in case of futuref changes and ex
tensions.
Lai'ge laboratories may be con
veniently and inexpensively made
into multiple smaller laboratories
simbly by installation of partitions.
The area under the first floor may
be converted into researcch work
ing space in the future as the
need devvelops.
Served by 187 tons of air con
ditioning utilizing a central com
pressor, remote air handling units
provide flexibility and utility as
well as economy. Heating'is by hot
water furnished by the college
central heating plant.
Teaching areas, offices and re
search facilities of the Department
of Petroleum Engineeinng and the
Texas Petroleum Research Com
mittee are housed in the main
building. PPresently the Depart
ment of Nuclear Engineering and
the Activiation Analysis Research
Laboratory are also housed in. the
building.
Modern and complete undergrad
uate laboratories are provided, cov
ering an approximate total of 10,-
000 square feet. These laborator
ies include those designed for in
struction in drilling and production,
Association of Petroleum Geol
ogists and the American Institute
of Mining and Metallurgical En
gineers.
In 1951 Doherty was awarded
a “Citation of Service” for dis
tinguished service to the oil in
dustry, the highest honor be
stowed by the American Petroleum
Institutp.
fluid flow and natural gas, core
and rock preparation and analysis,
physical properties of fluids and
subsurface engineering. A balance
room for use by undergraduate and
graduate students is also provided.
Eleven 18 feet x 26 feet research
laboratories are provided for low
pressure nonvoliatile research, and
six 20 feet x 26 feet research lab
oratories in the high-pressure sin
gle-floored wing to the main build
ing are provided for high-pressure
volatile reseach. An up-to-date re
servoir-model research laboratory
is also included. Each of these lab
oratories will accommodate a min
imum of two men, which will per
mit at least 36 men to do labora
tory type research. In addition to
these research facilities, two com
putation laboratories and other re
search space furnish ample room
for twelve or more men doing
desk type research.
Graduate students also utilize
other space jointly with under
graduate students, thereby permit
ting a potential graduate enroll
ment of 50 to 60 students.
All laboratory space is equipped
with modern, conventional-type
chemistry laboratory furniture.
Special stainless steel furniture is
installed in limited areas where
the corrosive fluids, are handled.
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