Paul W. Morgan

Paul Morgan starts the interview by describing his childhood in Maine and his family background, high school, and early interests. After undergraduate studies at the University of Maine, Morgan did graduate research at Ohio State University on naturally-occuring plant pigments and continued with postdoctoral work on cellulose derivatives. He describes his DuPont investigations of the synthesis of polymers, with particular emphasis on interfacial polycondensation. Incorporated into the interview are Morgan's reflections on scientific publication from an industrial setting.

Ohio State University

1937 - 1940 Teaching Assistant, Chemistry

Ohio State University

1940 - 1941 DuPont Fellow

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

1941 - 1946 Research Chemist

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

1946 - 1957 Research Associate

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

1957 - 1973 Research Fellow

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

1973 - 1976 Senior Research Fellow

Herman Skolnik

Herman Skolnik received a B.S. in chemical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined Hercules, Inc., as a research chemist in 1942, and served as a divisional research manager from 1952 until his retirement in 1979. He was the founding editor of The Journal of Chemical Documentation, and has published over 200 papers and four books, including A Century of Chemistry, the centennial history of the American Chemical Society.