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H. A. Morton Visiting Professor in Polymer Science

The Dr. Harold A. Morton Chair in Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering enables The University of Akron to attract internationally endowed scholars to its already distinguished polymer faculty.

Established in 1987 with a $1 million grant from Mrs. Harold A. Morton in memory of her husband, the chair supports a permanent distinguished professorship as well as ongoing visiting professorships in the College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering.  Morton chair holders share their research and teaching expertise not only with UA students and faculty but also with scientists and business people throughout the world.  Chair holders complement UA's diverse collection of polymer  research specialties,  including  the Alex Schulman Chair and the  Musson  Chair, two  Ohio  Eminent Scholar positions awarded to the DPS  in  1986  and 1988 by the Ohio Board of Regents, and the Trustees Chair awarded to DPS by the University of Akron’s Board of Trustees in 1998.

Past H. A. Morton Visiting Professors in the Department of Polymer Science:

Fall 2006 - Swaninathan Sivaram, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

Spring 2003 - Doug Neckers, Bowling Green State University

Fall 2002 - Berhnard Lotz, Institute of Charles Sadron

Fall 2000 - Greg Rutledge, MIT

Fall 1999 - Ned Thomas, MIT

Fall 1998  - Phillippe Teyssie, University of Liege

Spring 1997 - Takashi Inoue

Spring 1996 - H.G. Zachmann, Universitat Hamburg

Spring 1995 - Isaac Sanchez, University of Texas

Spring 1994 - Donald Napper, Sydney University

Spring 1992 - Andras Keller

Fall 1992 - Ernst Marechal, Universite de Pierre & Marie Currie

Spring 1991 - Richard Stein, University of Massachusetts

Fall 1991 - Roger Porter, University of Massachussets