RAYMOND F. BADDOUR

BADDOUR, Raymond F. Professor and Entrepreneur MIT Lammot du Pont Professor, Emeritus, of Pinecrest, FL, died peacefully at his home December 15, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. Dr. Baddour received a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame; a M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a Sc.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also received an Honorary Doctor of Science from St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Dr. Baddour was a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT from 1951 – 1973. He founded the Environmental Laboratory at MIT in 1970 and served as Director from 1970 – 1976. Dr. Baddour was Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering from 1969 – 1976 and was awarded the Lammot du Pont Professorship in 1969. In 1980 Dr. Baddour co-founded the biopharmaceutical company Amgen and served as Director until 1987. In addition, he was a co-founder of Ascent Pediatrics; MatTek Corp.; BREH Partners; BREHK, Inc.; BLW Corp.; Enterprise Management Corp.; SKB, Inc.; Energy Resource Co.; Abcor, Inc.; and Amicon Corp. Dr. Baddour served as Director at ActivBiotics, Inc.; Scully Signal Co.; Hyseq, Inc.; Lam Research Corp.; and the Raychem Corp. He was Chairman of ERCO, AG. Dr. Baddour was a consultant to Oxbow Corp.; Mobil Chemical Co.; Freeport Minerals Co.; Allied Chemical Co.; Roger Milliken and Co.; Loeb, Rhodes and Co.; LFE Corp.; Stauffer Chemical Co.; Hooker Chemicals Corp.; Avco Research and Advanced Development; Celanese Corp.; and Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. He was a Member of the Business Advisory Committee of Medical Science Partners and the Science Advisory Committee of General Motors Corp. Dr. Baddour was a Senior Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Science Foundation of the Renal Biophysical Laboratory at Harvard Medical School and MGH. Dr. Baddour leaves his wife of 62 years, Anne; daughter, Cynthia Baddour (Christopher Ryan) of Harvard, MA; son, Frederick Baddour of Palmetto Bay, FL; daughter, Jean Nardi (Edward) of Concord, MA; and five grandchildren. Burial services will be private; a spring memorial service will be planned. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, in memory of Raymond Baddour. Or online to fundraising.stjude.org to Gift Fund: Raymond Baddour.

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