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Maurice Morton

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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Maurice Morton
| image = Prof. Maurice Morton at the University of Akron.jpg
| caption = Maurice Morton teaching at the Institute of Rubber Research.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|6|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Latvia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|3|23|1913|6|3|mf=y}}
| death_place = Cleveland, OH
| nationality =
| field = Polymer science
| work_institution = Concordia University, University of Akron
| alma_mater = McGill University
| doctoral_advisor =
| known_for = Polymers
| prizes = {{ubl|Charles Goodyear Medal (1985)}}
}}Maurice Morton (3 June 1913 – 23 March 1994) was a polymer author, educator, and researcher. He was the first director of the University of Akron's Institute of Rubber Research, which in 1993 was renamed the Maurice Morton Institute of Polymer Science.^[1]

Personal

Morton was born in pre-World War I Latvia, on 3 June 1913. Due to political instability following World War I, Morton's family moved to Canada, settling in Montreal. Some of his earliest memories were of gunfire when the Russian Revolution began in St. Petersburg.^[2] He attended college at McGill University. He married Lilian Rosenbloom in 1933. The two were married for sixty years, until her death in 1993. Morton emigrated to the United States in 1948, to take a position at the University of Akron, where he would remain for his career. Morton had three children, Jay Dennis, John Alex, and Ruth.

Education

1934 - BA Chemistry at McGill University
1945 - PhD Chemistry, McGill University on the topic of emulsion copolymerization of butadiene-styrene (SBR) rubber.

Career

1936 - 1941 Chief Chemist - Johns Manville, Quebec
1941 - 1944 Chief Chemist - Congoleum Canada, Montreal
1945 - 1948 Assistant Professor and department head at Concordia University
1948 - hired by George S. Whitby as assistant director of rubber research for the U. S. Government Rubber Research Program's at the University of Akron. Some of his first accomplishments were the design and execution of experiments to confirm theories developed by Paul J. Flory.
1952 - upon retirement of Prof. Whitby, the university appointed Morton as the first Professor of Polymer Chemistry, and assistant director of the chemistry department.
1956 - founded the Ph.D. program in Polymer Chemistry at the university's Institute of Rubber Research
1962 - served as chairman of the ACS Division of Polymer Chemistry.
1993 - retired as Regents Professor Emeritus of Polymer Chemistry

Morton held three patents in polymer chemistry. He wrote more than 100 technical articles over his career, as well as widely used texts.

Awards and Recognitions

1979 - Colwyn medal ^[3] of the Plastics and Rubber Institute of Great Britain
1985 - Charles Goodyear Medal from the ACS Rubber Division
1988 - Paul J. Flory Polymer Education Award
1990 - Médaille de la Ville de Paris
1991 - Honorary Doctorate, University of Akron
1994 - International Rubber Science Hall of Fame^[4]

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Polymer Educator Morton Dies|newspaper=Rubber and Plastics News|date=March 28, 1994}}
2. ^{{cite book|last=Bowles|first=Mark|title=Chains of Opportunity|page=87|isbn=9781931968539}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Colwyn Medal award winners|url=http://iom3archive.org.uk/awards/pastwinners.htm|website=iom3|publisher=IOM3|accessdate=25 September 2017}}
4. ^http://www.uakron.edu/dps/faculty/faculty-awards.dot

5 : Polymer scientists and engineers|1913 births|1994 deaths|U.S. Synthetic Rubber Program|University of Akron faculty

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