Arthur V. Tobolsky
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Arthur Victor Tobolsky (1919–1972) was a Professor in the Chemistry Department at Princeton University known for teaching and research in polymer science and rheology.
Personal[]
Tobolsky was born in New York City in 1919.[1] On September 7, 1972, Tobolsky died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on September 7, 1972 while attending a conference in Utica, N.Y.[2]
Education[]
Tobolsky graduated from Columbia in 1940, and received his PhD from Princeton in 1944. He studied under Henry Eyring and Hugh Stott Taylor.[3]
Career[]
Early in his career, he spent one year at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. After that, he spent his entire career in the Chemistry Department at Princeton.
Tobolsky made fundamental contributions in the fields of rheology, rubber elasticity, and thermodynamics, and polymer degradation.[2]
He served on the Editorial Boards of American Scientist, the Journal of Polymer Science, and the Journal of Applied Physics.
Awards and Recognitions[]
- Witco Award in Polymer Chemistry from the American Chemical Society
- Ford Prize in Polymer Physics from the American Physical Society
- 1956 — Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology
- 1966 — Fellow of the American Physical Society[4]
- 1970 — SPE International Award of the Society of Plastics Engineers
References[]
- ^ Tobolsky, Arthur V. (November 1970). "SPE International Award Paper". Polymer Engineering and Science. 10 (6): 317–319. doi:10.1002/pen.760100602.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Prud’homme, Robert Emery. "In memoriam Arthur Tobolsky" (PDF). University of Montreal. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Academic Tree". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive".
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