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Sound files ; digital, mp3 file |
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Transcript : (99 leaves) ; 29 cm. |
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Chemical Heritage Foundation Oral History Transcript ; 0049.
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Interview conducted by Peter J. T. Morris and Jeffrey L. Sturchio at Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Summary |
In the first interview, Walter Stockmayer describes early influences directing him towards the chemical sciences. Stockmayer first became interested in the mathematical aspects of physical chemistry as an undergraduate at MIT. A Rhodes Scholarship brought Stockmayer to Oxford, where he undertook gas kinetics research with D. L. Chapman. Stockmayer returned to MIT for Ph.D. research and pursued his study of statistical mechanics, which he later continued at Columbia. He returned again to MIT in 1943 as an assistant professor of chemistry and became involved in the theory of network formation and the gelation criterion. Stockmayer increasingly directed his attention to theories of polymer solutions, light scattering and chain dynamics. |
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The second interview begins with Stockmayer's Guggenheim Fellowship in Strasbourg, France, his first meeting with Hermann Staudinger in Freiburg, Germany, and his subsequent return to MIT. Stockmayer then moved to Dartmouth University in 1961, where he worked primarily on copolymers in dilute solution, established the journal Macromolecules, and collaborated with numerous Japanese scientists. He discusses his impression of the Gordon Conferences and the polymer community since the 1940s. Stockmayer concludes with his retirement and work as a consultant for Du Pont and other companies. |
| Cite As |
Walter H. Stockmayer, interviewed by Peter J. T. Morris and Jeffrey L. Sturchio at Philadelphia, Pa, 1986 & 1992, (Philadelphia: Chemical Heritage Foundation, Oral History Transcript 0049). |
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Sound files Science History Institute. |
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Transcript Science History Institute. |
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No restrictions on access. Reproduction and use with permission. Chemical Heritage Foundation. |
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Born in Rutherford, New Jersey on 7 April 1914. Died on 9 May 2004. Education: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1935), B.Sc., University of Oxford (1937), Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1940). Employment: 1941-1943 Columbia University; 1937-1961 Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 1961- Dartmouth College. |
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Transcript has been indexed. |
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Part or all of this item has been digitized by Science History Institute. |
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Stockmayer, W. H. (Walter H.) -- Interviews.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Chemists -- Biography.
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Chemists -- Interviews.
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Macromolecules.
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Oral histories.
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Interviews. aat
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Morris, Peter J. T. (Peter John Turnbull), 1956- interviewer.
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Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952- interviewer.
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Chemical Heritage Foundation.
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| Alternate Title |
Walter H. Stockmayer oral history interview |
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