Professor Emeritus Marriott W. Bredekamp was born in 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida and received his early education there. He was a graduate of the University of Maryland, receiving a B.S. in chemistry, a M.S. and doctorate in chemical engineering in 1941. Dr. Bredekamp taught for two years at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and worked at Oak Ridge for two years during World War II where he worked on uranium-enrichment for the Manhattan Project. After the war, he joined the faculty at the Michigan College of Mining and Technology (now Michigan Technological University) in Houghton, Michigan where he served until his retirement in 1980. His most important teaching tool was the Unit Operations Laboratory, consisting of small-scale production units that enabled students to simulate typical industrial operations on a reduced scale, giving them the practical, physical experience they would need when entering the professional field. In 1981 he was given the honor of a yearly award named for him and presented by Dow Chemical to be shared among the members of the best group in the senior unit operations laboratory. He also served 20 years as a reserve officer in the Public Health Service, reaching the rank of senior engineer. Dr. Bredekamp passed away in 1983.