Jesse Coates
Dr. Coates received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from LSU in 1928, and his M.S. (1932) and Ph.D. (1936) from the University of Michigan. The greater part of his career, from 1936 until his retirement in 1973, was spent on the faculty of LSU, where the quality and extent of his research and instructional abilities earned him many honors and distinctions as a professor of chemical engineering. He was head of the department from 1955 through 1967 and again from 1960-70. His father, Charles Coates, also a professor of chemical engineering, was integral in the creation of an LSU football team.
Coates’ interview is housed in the T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History at LSU Libraries Special Collections. Coates, Jesse, interview by Scott Purdy, audio recording, 1993, 4700.0288. Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.