David S. Breslow

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David S. Breslow
Hercules, Inc.
  • University of Delaware

    • David S. Breslow (August 13, 1916 – May 26, 1995) was an American

    industrial chemist best known for his work on polymers.[1][2]

    Early life and education

    Breslow was born on August 13, 1916,

    Queens, New York.[2] He developed an early interest in chemistry after inheriting a chemistry set which he and a friend used to make stink bombs.[4] He graduated from City College of New York in 1937 and subsequently earned a doctorate in organic chemistry from Duke University in 1940.[5][6] During World War II, he did post-doctoral work at the California Institute of Technology and research at the University of California, Berkeley and Duke.[2][6]

    Career

    In 1946, he joined the chemical manufacturing company Hercules.[2] He rose through the ranks, and in 1971, he was named senior research associate of the New Enterprise Department, the top technical position at the company.[7]

    His research focused on

    cancer drug.[8][4]

    He taught part-time at the

    University of Munich in Germany,[7] and in 1971 he taught at the University of Notre Dame.[5]

    Over the course of his career, he acquired 79 patents[2] and authored 90 scientific papers as well as a two-volume textbook on polymers.[5]

    He was president of the Delaware chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS),[when?] and later served on the national ACS board of directors.[9]

    Retirement and death

    Breslow retired in 1982.[2] In 1988, he received the ACS Award in Applied Polymer Science.[10] He died on May 26, 1995, at Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware.[1]

    Personal life

    Breslow married Ann Goodman after World War II.[2] They had three children[1] and lived in Brandywine Hundred outside Wilmington, Delaware.[2] He was a member of Congregation Beth Shalom.[2]

    Works

    • Breslow, David S. (1966). The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: Multi‐Sulfur and Sulfur and Oxygen Five‐ and Six‐Membered Heterocycles. New York:
      ISBN 978-0-470-38196-0
      .

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e "David Breslow, 78, Plastics Researcher". The New York Times. June 3, 1995. p. 11. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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    3. ^ "David S. Breslow in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014". Social Security Administration. Retrieved December 6, 2020 – via Ancestry.com.
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