Harold J. Osterhof
Harold Judson Osterhof (27 November 1897 – 13 May 1982) was a chemist noted for directing the development of , and as the inventor of Pliofilm, a plasticized rubber hydrochloride cast film.[1]
Osterhof obtained his MS in Chemistry in 1923 from the University of Michigan, and his PhD in 1927. In 1929, he began his career at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, from which he retired as Director of Research in 1966.
In 1971, Osterhof received the Charles Goodyear Medal.
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- ^ Alumni Notes. 1970.
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- University of Michigan alumni
- Polymer scientists and engineers
- 1897 births
- 1982 deaths
- 20th-century American inventors
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