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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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Frank M. Chapman - Hall of Fame Entry
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Author: Plastics Academy Staff
Added: 03/29/2004
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 Frank M. Chapman - Hall of Fame Entry
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Frank M. Chapman
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Deceased:
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Induction:
1988 Industry Areas:
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A pioneer in the fluoropolymer industry and in the development of fluoropolymer technologies and applications for the aerospace, chemical, and pulp and paper industries.
Some of Chapman's major achievements are:
- 1957---Developed automatic molding techniques and defined the shrinkage characteristics for molding TEFLON TFE resins.
- 1958 Studied and reported on the frictional properties of TFE resins and their reinforcement with inorganic additives.
- 1959 Initiated the most comprehensive study on the physical properties of TEFLON TFE, work that is till the standard text today.
- 1960 Developed an isostatic molding process and made the first missile nose cones of TFE.
- 1964 Engineered the first sealer that would make continuous seals of FEP as strong as the base film. Led the development of the process to manufacture and install on a paper mill dryer the first FEP heat shrinkable roll cover.
- 1965 Pioneered techniques and successfully lined chemical processing vessels with fluoropolymers.
- 1967 Made the first glass-backed melt processable fluoropolymer sheet and linings.
- 1981 Pioneered in the development and application of wet sprayed ultra thick TFE and PFA coatings.
Chapman is the inventor or co-inventor of ten U.S. and foreign patents. In 1979, he was elected Chairman of the Fluoropolymer Division of the SPI.
He was born and raised in a small town in Vermont and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1952 with a degree in chemistry.
Following graduation, he joined DePont and his first assignment was with TEFLON. He left DuPont in 1961 to become General Manager of the Plastics Department of Parco in Los Angeles, followed by an assignment with Mather in Michigan.
He was one of the founders of Fluorodynamics, Inc. and Chapman Industries, Inc., which were both subsequently sold to Corborundum. In 1980, he formed Chapman Associates and does consulting.
He lives in Elkton, MD with his wife Helen. They have four children and seven grandchildren. |
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