About Lane Mitchell
Lived 1907 – 1988 (aged 81). Lane Mitchell was an American scientist.
Lane Mitchell (July 11, 1907 in Atlanta, Georgia – December 4, 1988) was an American ceramic engineer at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the head (and founder) of the Department of Ceramic Engineering there, now known as Georgia Tech's School of Materials Science and Engineering.
Education Born in Atlanta on July 11, 1907, Mitchell attended the Georgia Institute of Technology (1925-1929), receiving his Bachelor of Science in 1929. Through his work, he rebuilt the program and it was renamed the School of Ceramic Engineering. Mitchell would remain director of the school until his retirement from Georgia Tech on June 30, 1973.
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