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Paul Flory

Personal information
Birth dateJune 19, 1910
Birth placeSterling, Illinois
Death dateSeptember 9, 1985(age 75)
Death placeBig Sur, California
NationalityUnited States
FieldsPhysical chemistry
InstitutionsDuPont, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University
Alma materManchester College (Indiana) and Ohio State University
Doctoral advisorHerrick L. Johnston
Known forPolymers
Notable awardsNobel Prize for Chemistry (1974)
Priestley Medal (1974)
Perkin Medal (1977)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1971)

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Paul John Flory (June 19, 1910 � September 9, 1985) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a leading pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution, and won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974 "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules."

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Luc Brodeur-Jourdain snaps to the challenge - The Suburban Tweet this news
The Suburban--“-Paul- helped me out and was talking to me at halftime and I'm very lucky with Bryan Chui, -Paul- Lambert and Scott -Flory-.” Paying close attention to detail in ... - Date : Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:43:45 GMT+00:00
Erin Andrews calls for stalking crackdown - Salon Tweet this news
Salon--AP There is nothing like being secretly videotaped while changing in your hotel room to make you get political about anti-stalking laws ... - Date : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:49:17 GMT+00:00
City breaks ground on I-5 on ramp, paid Petrovich $2.5 million for land - Woodland Record Tweet this news
Woodland Record---...- -Paul- Petrovich, Woodland Investment Company, LLC (owner). The ordinance to approve the agreement was adopted unanimously by council members David -Flory-, ... - Date : Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:40:06 GMT+00:00
It was a grand season - American Chronicle Tweet this news
American Chronicle--Senior first baseman Katelynn -Flory- and junior second baseman Madison Hussey received honorable mention from the conference. The only seniors on this year's ... - Date : Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:53:16 GMT+00:00
Als' veteran centre Chiu retires as training camp opens - National Post Tweet this news
National Post--Left to right: Alouettes players Scott -Flory-, Bryan Chiu, and Anthony Calvillo show off their CFL Championship rings after receiving them during a ceremony ... - Date : Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:24:10 GMT+00:00
Landmark windmill finds a new home - Progress Index Tweet this news
Progress Index---...- Texas, in November 2009 by the Flowerdew Hundred Foundation, along with a set of historic grinding stones from the -Paul Flory- collection. ... - Date : Mon, 17 May 2010 08:15:52 GMT+00:00
New Carmel Music enterprise is a multi-purpose venue - The Salinas Californian Tweet this news
The Salinas Californian--Todd -Flory- and Stu Heydon opened the business in January, and it's off to a flying start. The two have just about everything you need under one roof � or ... - Date : Fri, 07 May 2010 12:16:28 GMT+00:00
First-time feature winners open season - Dickinson Press Tweet this news
Dickinson Press--Domagala hung back while John -Flory-, AJ Davenport, Steven Kuntz and Josh Jones traded leads and battled for first place. Eventually -Flory- and Davenport were ... - Date : Sun, 16 May 2010 05:27:35 GMT+00:00
Blogs Comment On Global Maternal Health, Recent Guttmacher Study, Other Topics - Medical News Today (press release) Tweet this news
Medical News Today (press release)--Clark--Flory- writes, "It will be interesting to see how the health care bill (PL 111-148), which prohibits the use of federal funds for elective abortions, ... - Date : Mon, 10 May 2010 07:11:57 GMT+00:00
Blogs Comment On Neb. Antiabortion Law, Young Abortion-Rights Advocates, Other ... - Medical News Today (press release) Tweet this news
Medical News Today (press release)--According to Clark--Flory-, "Women who delay childbirth and join the workforce right away are more likely to get the education and on-the-job experience that ... - Date : Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:07:05 GMT+00:00

Nobel Laureates in Chemistry

Edwin McMillan / Glenn T. Seaborg (1951) * Archer Martin / Richard Synge (1952) * Hermann Staudinger (1953) * Linus Pauling (1954) * Vincent du Vigneaud (1955) * Cyril Hinshelwood / Nikolay Semyonov (1956) * Alexander Todd (1957) * Frederick Sanger (1958) * Jaroslav Heyrovský (1959) * Willard Libby (1960) * Melvin Calvin (1961) * Max Perutz / John Kendrew (1962) * Karl Ziegler / Giulio Natta (1963) * Dorothy Hodgkin (1964) * Robert Woodward (1965) * Robert S. Mulliken (1966) * Manfred Eigen / Ronald Norrish / George Porter (1967) * Lars Onsager (1968) * Derek Barton / Odd Hassel (1969) * Luis Federico Leloir (1970) * Gerhard Herzberg (1971) * Christian B. Anfinsen / Stanford Moore / William Stein (1972) * E.O.Fischer / Geoffrey Wilkinson (1973) * Paul Flory (1974) * John Cornforth / Vladimir Prelog (1975)



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