Polymer processing hall of fame established at the university of akron polymer engineering center

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 43 KB
• Volume: 6
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0730-6679
• DOI: 10.1002/adv.1986.060060209

✦ Synopsis

were inducted in ceremonies at a banquet at Akron's Quaker Hilton Hotel on November 28, 1985. Thomas Hancock (1786-1865) was honored as the father of the rubber industry and inventor of much of the early rubber processing machinery. John Wesley Hyatt (1837-1920) was cited for his invention of celluloid@ and his development of basic plastics processing machinery.

Stephanie Kwolek, who attended the banquet ceremonies, was honored for her invention of liquid crystal