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Aylsworth, Jonas
Bachner, Edward F.
Bacon, Clare E.
Baekeland, Leo
Baer, Eric
Bailey, James
Beall, Glen
Beetle, Carl
Belcher, Sameul L.
Bishop, Richard
Black, Otis
Blount, Clint
Boeschenstein, H
Borro, Edward
Boyer, Raymond
Bradbury, Williamry
Bradt, Rexford H.
Breskin, Charles
Brown, Gordon
Burroughs, Charles
Carothers, Wallace
Chapman, Frank
Cleworth, C. W.
Condit, Charles
Conley, Fred
Cruse, William
Deanin, Rudolph
DeBell, John
Delmonte, John
Doak, Kenneth
Dow, Willard
Doyle, Bernard
Dreyfus, Camille
Dubois, J. Harry
Eastman, George
Ehlers, Russell
Ellis, Carleton
Erikson, Erik
Estabrook, Jr., F. R.
Flory, Paul
Forger, Robert
Foster, Joseph
Fox, Daniel W.
Gatto, Charles
Gigliotti, M. F. X.
Goggin, William
Goldsworthy, W.B.
Gore, Wilbert
Grebe, John
Griffith, Henry E.
Griffith, Palmer
Gross, Sid
Grote, Sr., Walter
Haine, Walter
Hanford, William
Harding, Ralph
Heckman, Jerome
Hemming, Emile
Hendrie, George
Hobson, Edwin L.
Hoffer, Robert
Hohl, John
Holz, Harold A.
Huidekoper, P.
Humphrey, G. P.
Huntsman, Jon
Hyatt, John Wesley
Hyde, J.F.
Jennings, Garland
Karol, Frederick J.
Kavanaugh, Lionel
Keville, John
Kleiderer, C. W.
Kline, Gordon M.
Kretzschmar, J. R.
Kruder, George A.
Kwolek, S. L.
Land, Edwin H.
Lankton, Gordon
Lester, William M.
Lubin, George
Maccaferri, Mario
Maddock, Bruce H.
Mark, Herman F.
Marra, Frank S.
Marshall, Abraham
Martinelli, Guy A.
Marvel, Carl Shipp
McGrath, James E.
Morrison, Robert S.
Muehlstein, Herman
Nalle, Jr., George S.
Nissel, Frank R.
Ott, Emile
Palmer, Spencer E.
Peters, Don. L.
Pitcher, Arnold E.
Plueddemann, E.
Plunkett, Roy J.
Porter, Roger S.
Quarnstrom, Ivar
Rahm, Louis Frank
Reib, John C.
Reinhart, Frank W.
Richardson, Henry
Robertson, Harold
Rosato, Dominick V.
Rowan, Sr., Edward
Rubens, L.C. "Bud"
Rubin, Irvin I.
Schwab, Fred E.
Scribner, George K.
Seabury, R. W.
Semon, Waldo L.
Seymour, R. B.
Shaw, Frank H.
Shaw, Louis E.
Sherwood, Miller G.
Slater, John G.
Spaak, Albert
Stein, Richard S.
Stott, Lewis L.
Stoughton, T. S.
Swedlow, David A.
Thomas, Islyn
Tupper, Earl S.
Von Holdt, John
Whitlock, Carl
Willert, William H.
Wyeth, N. C.
Zimmerman, A. S.
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William E. "Butch" Hanford - Hall of Fame Entry
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Author: Plastics Academy Staff
Added: 03/29/2004
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 William E. "Butch" Hanford - Hall of Fame Entry
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William E. "Butch" Hanford
Birthdate:
1908
Deceased:
1996
Induction:
1996 Industry Areas:
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Dr. William Hanford was the co-inventor of polyurethanes and received more than 120 patents, most of them in polymer science. Though other work on PUR's was also done in Germany and led to the first commercialization of PUR's, Hanford's patent is cited as basic for all PUR materials.
The co-inventor of polyurethanes (PURs), Dr. Willliam Hanford had a long and distinguished career in plastics and chemicals and received more than 120 patents, most of them in polymer science. In 1942, Hanford and Dr. Donald F. Holmes received a patent (assigned to E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.) regarded as the first public disclosure of PUR chemistry. Though other work on PURs was also done in Germany and led to the first commercialization of PURs, Hanford's patent is cited as basic for all PUR materials.
Known throughout the industry by the nickname "Butch", Hanford was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania, and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in organic chemistry from the University of Illinois. He worked at du Pont from 1935 to 1942, then served as head of research at other corporations, including Olin Corp., where he was vice president of R&D until his retirement in 1973. Then, with his son William E. Hanford, Jr., he founded World Water Resources, Inc., which distributes water-purification chemicals to less developed countries.
Besides PURs, Hanford did important research in nylon, polyester fluropolymer, and other chemistries. His work at du Pont made possible the commercialization of Teflon fluropolymer.
In 1991, Hanford and Holmes were elected to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Among Hanford's other honors are the Chemical Industry Medal of the Chemical Industry and the gold medal of the American Institute of Chemists.
Besides his son, he is survived by his wife, Lorraine. |
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