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Full listing > Accession MU2012/36| Accession # | MU2012/36 | | Topic | Flory, Paul: Dr. Allan R. Shultz, | | Title | Paul Flory's First Graduate Student, Dr. Allan Shultz | | Location | Large Box 172 | | Citation | Paul Flory's First Graduate Student, Dr. Allan Shultz, MU2012/36, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Dr. Wilson Lutz, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs (Jo Young Switzer) and Rob Gratz, Library Director | | Scope and Content | A scholarly paper, signed letter, correspondence and biographical material related to the career of Dr. Allan Shultz, Paul Flory's first graduate student. Also included are lists of Shultz's graduate students as well as a list of articles and books that Shultz has written or has helped to write, and scientific meetings that he has chaired. A copy Chapter 8, "PVT, Specific Heat, and Thermal Transitions," by Allan R. Shultz, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, from the publication, "Handbook of Polycarbonate Science and Technology, edited by Donald G. LeGrand and John T. Bendler. | | Date of Accession | 14 August 2012 | | Bio History Note | Paul Flory was considered one of the most significant scientists of the 20th century and a 1931 graduate of Manchester College. At commencement on May 29, 1950 the College conferred upon him the honorary Doctor of Science degree. See his groundbreaking textbook published in 1953, "Principles of Polymer Chemistry." He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1974 and The American Chemical Society's most prestigious honor, the Priestly Medal, also in 1974. Thesis, pictures, publication collections, videotape of Paul J. Flory on Eminent Chemists Series, Personal Papers. | | Archivist Note | The materials were originally sent to Dr. WIlson Lutz, who was a friend of Allan Shultz. Dr. Lutz gave them to who at that time was Dean Jo Switzer (Dr. Switzer would become President of Manchester University)who was collecting information on Manchester College Chemistry graduates. They came to Rob Gratz for inclusion in the Archives.
Description prepared 14 August 2012 by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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