Applications ofGas Chromatography in Catalysis L. K. Doraiswamy was born on May 18, 1927, and received his MS in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1950 and his PhD in chemical engineering from the same University in 1952. After working for a year with R. L. Carlisle Chemical and Manufacturing Company, Brooklyn, Dr. Doraiswamy joined the Chemical Engineering Division of National Chemical Laboratory at Poona, India, in 195j. At present, he is Head, Division of Chemical Engineering and Process Development. He has published about 50 papers, mostly in chemical reaction engineering and chemical engineering thermodynamics, and has been associated with the development of several processes at the National Chemical Laboratory which are now in operation in India. Vasant R. Choudhary, born Nov. 28, 19j.j, is a research fellow at the National Chemical Laboratory, Poona, India. He received his bachelor of science (1965) and master of science (1967) degrees in chemistry from the University of Poona in First Class. His fields of interest are kinetics and heterogeneous catalysis.