Harry Coover

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Harry Wesley Coover Jr just before Barack Obama was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Harry Wesley Coover, Jr. (born March 6, 1917 in Newark , Delaware , † March 26, 2011 in Kingsport , Tennessee ) was an American chemist , inventor and, among other things, the discoverer of Eastman 910 , known as superglue .

Life

Coover earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Hobart College before earning a Masters of Science and Ph. D. from Cornell University . He worked for Eastman Kodak as a chemist from 1944 to 1973 and was the Vice President from 1973 to 1984. He spent his life in Kingsport , Tennessee .

In 1942, while searching for a material for observation prisms , Coover worked with cyanoacrylates for the first time , but their stickiness made them unsuitable for this purpose. Nine years later, this material came back into focus when Kodak was asked to develop heat-resistant cockpit hoods. Again, the stickiness of the substance led to this path not being pursued any further. However, Coover now recognized the possibilities of using the fabric as an adhesive. In 1958 Super Glue came on the market.

Initially, the focus was on the bonding of solid materials, but Coover was the first to recognize the possibilities of cyanoacrylate for bonding living tissue and applied for a patent for it. Initially used in the Vietnam War, this technique has over time been used worldwide.

Coover applied for 460 patents. He himself considered programmed innovation, a management method for research and development, to be his most important work. The Kodak launch resulted in the discovery of 320 new products and an increase in sales revenue from $ 1.8 billion to $ 2.5 billion. Coover later marketed this technology worldwide.

Coover received the Southern Chemist Man of the Year Award for outstanding service in personal creativity. He also received the Earle B. Barnes Award for Leadership in Chemical Research Management , the Maurice Holland Award, and the Industrial Research Institute Medal of Honor . In 2004, Coover was inducted into the National Inventor's Hall of Fame . In 2010 he was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation .

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  1. ^ A b Elizabeth A. Harris: Harry Coover, Super Glue's Inventor, Dies at 94 , The New York Times . March 27, 2011. 
  2. ↑ a b Harry Coover . In: Hall of Fame . National Inventors Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 6, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 15, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.invent.org
  3. ^ White House to honor Intel researchers . In: Business Standard , October 17, 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved on November 15, 2010. 
  4. ↑ a b c Super Glue . In: Inventor of the Week . Massachusetts Institute of Technology. September 2004. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  5. ↑ US 3'221'745, filed September 12, 1962, patent in force until 1982
  6. ↑ a b Remarkable Alum: Dr. Harry Coover . Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Archived from the original on August 30, 2006. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
  7. ↑ Eliza LaJoie: Alumnus Who Invented Super Glue Wins National Medal of Technology and Innovation . In: The Cornell Daily Sun . October 26, 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2010. Retrieved on November 15, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Coover, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coover, Harry Wesley Junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American chemist and inventor
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Newark , USA
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2011
Place of death New York City