Samuel E. Blum

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Samuel Emil Blum (born August 28, 1920 in New York City , † January 9, 2013 ) was an American chemist, known for pioneering work on laser surgery.

Blum studied at Rutgers University with a bachelor's degree in 1942, was then industrial chemist at the US Rubber Company during the Second World War in 1942/43 and from 1946 assistant at Rutgers University, where he received his doctorate in physical chemistry in 1950. From 1952 to 1959 he was a senior research chemist at the Batelle Memorial Institute. He then went into research on IBM at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center , where he retired in 1990 and was then a consultant.

In 1981 he was a pioneer with Rangaswamy Srinivasan and James J. Wynne at IBM in the development of surgery with excimer lasers and other lasers. They applied for a very broad patent in December 1982, which they received in 1988. He held a total of 11 patents. His specialty at IBM was semiconductor materials.

In 2004 he received the RW Wood Prize with Srinivasan and Wynne, in 2011 they received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation and in 2013 the Russ Prize and in 2002 they were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame . He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

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  1. Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004