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Carl Shipp Marvel (1894-1988) took the mantle left by Wallace Carothers . It is not surprising that he also came from the University of Illinois. The towering figure at Illinois in this period was Roger Adams (1889-1971). He was Department Head from 1916-1954. Adams was from a famous New England family and attended Harvard University.
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Patterson, G. (2014). Speed Marvel and Friends. In: Polymer Science from 1935-1953. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43536-6_4
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