Ferry, John D., 1912-2002
Oral history interview with John D. Ferry, 1985 October 25, 29, 30, 31 and November 1.
In this interview, John D. Ferry discusses: his education and background and childhood in Dawson, Yukon; his mother's recollections published in her book YUKON GOLD (1971); mining; Stanford University; James William McBain; National Institute for Medical Research in London, England; Sir MacFarlane Burnet; George Parks; rubber research with David Spence at Goodrich; research work at Harvard University; Edwin Cohn; J. L. Oncley; Lawrence Joseph Henderson; John Warren (Jack) Williams; Farrington Daniels; war work; appointment at University of Wisconsin; chemistry department; Edwin Fitzgerald; the Williams-Landel-Ferry (WLF) equation; chemistry building; chairmanship; Irving Shain; research.
Polymer chemist. Ph.D., Stanford University (1935). University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry, assistant professor to professor (1946-1973), department chairman (1959-1967), Farrington Daniels Research Professor of Chemistry (1973- ).
Burnet, F. M. (Frank Macfarlane), Sir, 1899-1985
Cohn, Edwin J. (Edwin Joseph), 1892-1953
Daniels, Farrington, 1889-1972.
Ferry, John D., 1912-2002
Fitzgerald, Edwin R.
Henderson, Lawrence Joseph, 1878-1942
McBain, James William, 1882-
Oncley, J. L. (John Lawrence)
Parks, George K.
Shain, Irving
Williams, John Warren, 1898-
Harvard University.
National Institute for Medical Research (Great Britain)
Stanford University
University of Wisconsin--Madison
University of Wisconsin--Madison. Dept. of Chemistry.
Chemistry -- Study and teaching
Mining. unbist
Rubber -- Research.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Science.
Yukon
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