Reeve to be inducted into Paper Industry International Hall of Fame

Professor Doug Reeve, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, will be inducted into the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame this fall. The announcement was made on May 13 by Harry Spiegelberg, the Hall’s chairman.

“I am delighted to have been recognized by the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame. The paper industry has been a wonderful industry within which to work,” said Reeve.

Reeve is an internationally renowned researcher and educator in the pulp and paper field. He helped to develop the Rapson-Reeve Closed Cycle Mill, which was designed to eliminate the principal cause of pulp mill water pollution.

He is also an innovator in industry education, having worked closely with the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry to develop courses in pulp bleaching and kraft recovery, which have been taught throughout North America.

Reeve began teaching in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in 1978. In 2001, he was named the inaugural Frank Dottori Chair in Pulp and Paper Engineering. In the same year, he was appointed chair of the chemical engineering department, where he had earned his Ph.D. and Master’s degree. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of British Columbia.

A consultant to industry and government, Reeve has published extensively in the scientific literature. He is the co-editor of "Pulp Bleaching - Principles and Practice," a textbook and reference guide.

In 1987 Reeve founded the University of Toronto Pulp and Paper Centre (PPC), an educational and research institution which is housed in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry. The PPC encourages collaborative research with industry partners. During Reeve’s 14-year term as Director, the Centre created more than $25 Million in research programs with financial support from 45 companies in seven countries.

The synergy between the University community and the pulp and paper industry has been one of Reeve’s fondest achievements. “It has been great to have the paper industry come to the University of Toronto to support our research and engage in vibrant intellectual interactions over many, many years,” he said.

The Paper Industry International Hall of Fame, based in Appleton, Wisconsin, is a charitable organization that seeks to recognize individuals who have made a preeminent contribution to the paper industry. Previous inductees include U of T faculty members Professor David Goring and University Professor Howard Rapson.

Among his many previous honours, Reeve was presented with the John S. Bates Memorial Gold Medal by the Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada (PAPTAC) February 2007. In 1998, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology.

Reeve will be formally inducted at a ceremony on October 23, 3008 in Appleton, Wisconsin.