Seymour George Bankoff (October 7, 1921 – July 14, 2011) was an American chemical engineer.
Bankoff was born on October 7, 1921, and raised in Brooklyn.[1] He received bachelor's and master's degrees in mineral dressing at Columbia University. Bankoff then worked for the Manhattan Project between stints at DuPont.[1] [2] In 1948, he began teaching at Rose Polytechnic Institute and concurrently earned a Ph.D from Purdue University.[2] Bankoff joined the Northwestern University faculty in 1959,[1] [2] where he was appointed the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Mechanical Engineering.[3] In 1966, Bankoff was named a Guggenheim fellow.[4] Over the course of his career, Bankoff was also granted fellowship in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, as well as a membership in the National Academy of Engineering.[2] [3] He died on July 14, 2011, at Evanston Hospital, aged 89.[1] [5]