- Honorary doctorate from University of Lyon 1969 - Honorary doctorate from Clarkson College 1970 - Catalyst Club of Philadelphia Award 1970 - Maryland Section Award from the American Chemical Society 1972 - Catalysis Society of North America establishes the Paul Emmett Award in his honor 1974 - Honorary doctorate from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1974 - Distinguished Service Award from Oregon State University 1976 - Honorary doctorate of law from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan 1977 - Distinguished Alumni Award from the California Institute of Technology 1980 - Howard Vollum Award for Science and Technology from Reed College 1980 - Chemical Pioneer Award from the American Institute of Chemists Notable publications Catalysis vol 1-5 (1954 - 1957) Absorption of Gases in Multimolecular Layers (1938) Calculation of Thermodynamic Functions of Adsorbed Molecules from Adsorption Isotherm Measurements: Nitrogen on Graphon (1951) The Catalytic Synthesis of Water Vapor in Contact with Metallic Nickel (1925) The Reduction of Nickelous and Ferric Oxides by Hydrogen (1925) The Crystal Structure of Barite (1925) References External links Paul Emmett Papers at Oregon State University (including photos) National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir American chemical engineers Manhattan Project people Scientists from Portland, Oregon Oregon State University alumni Johns Hopkins University faculty 1900 births 1985 deaths California Institute of Technology alumni Portland State University faculty Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences 20th-century American engineers