James Roger Beatty (April 9, 1917-November 25, 2010) was a B. F. Goodrich Senior Research Fellow and the first recipient of the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award.

Early life and education

Beatty was born in

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on April 9, 1917. His birth certificate recorded the birthday erroneously as 9 March. His mother died when he was 14 years old. He obtained a Physics degree from

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. He served in the U.S. Cavalry,

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, from which he received an honorable discharge in 1936.

Career

Beatty moved to Akron, Ohio in 1942 to join B. F. Goodrich, working under Arthur E. Juve. He remained with the company until his retirement in 1982 as a senior research fellow. Beatty was a prolific inventor and author of scientific papers on rubber technology. His patents included testing devices / methods for measuring cure behavior,

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, rubber tack and cutting and chipping resistance of rubber. He chaired the 1974 Gordon Research Conference on Elastomers.

Awards and recognitions

* 1979 - certificate of special appreciation from the ACS Rubber Division for service as chairman of the program planning committee. * 1982 - Inaugural recipient of the Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from the

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References

1917 births 2010 deaths American polymer scientists and engineers 20th-century American engineers Kansas State University alumni People from Iola, Kansas 20th-century American inventors {{US-inventor-stub