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JOHN DOUGLASS FERRY
Pages 96-101

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From page 97...
... His mother, Eudora Bundy Ferry, a former schoolteacher, wrote a book describing their life in the mining community, Yukon Gold: Pioneering Days in the Canadian North. John Ferry's childhood was spent in small mining towns in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon.
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From page 98...
... With colleague Peter Morrison he developed several new products, including a fibrin film that was the first safe and effective surgical replacement for the dural membrane, thereby facilitating brain surgery. After this decade of involvement in diverse research topics in several fields, John accepted a position in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1946, where he decided to focus on the rheology of polymeric fluids and the relation of these properties to molecular structure and molecular motion.
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From page 99...
... Rouse in 1953 to use a freely jointed chain of beads and Hookean springs to model polymers in dilute solution. Rouse's work was the springboard for further structure-property developments that continue to this day, enabling polymer engineers to adjust their polymer manufacturing operations by changing the polymer's molecular structure.
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From page 100...
... His scientific contributions were recognized by many awards, including five from the American Chemical Society: the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry, the Kendall Award in Colloid Chemistry, the Witco Award in Polymer Chemistry, the Charles Goodyear Medal, and the Division of Polymer Chemistry Award. He also received the Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology (for his contributions to knowledge of the rheology of polymeric systems, particularly in the field of periodic stresses)
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From page 101...
... Former students and colleagues have many fond memories of times spent at the Ferry home with John and his charming and vivacious wife, Barbara [Norton Mott] , a former chemist [Radcliffe 1942]
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