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Donald F. Holmes

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This article is about the American inventor. For the American football player, see Don Holmes (American football). For the Australian rules football player, see Don Holmes.
Donald Fletcher Holmes
Born(1910-09-29)29 September 1910
Woodbury, New Jersey
Died13 October 1980(1980-10-13) (aged 70)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materAmherst College (1931)
University of Illinois
Known forCo-inventor of the process to develop multipurpose material polyurethane
AwardsNational Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Donald Fletcher Holmes (September 29, 1910 – October 13, 1980) was an American inventor. Holmes, along with William Hanford, invented the process for making the multipurpose material polyurethane.[1] He received the polyurethane patent in 1942.[1] Mixing polyols and hydroxyl compounds with di-isocyanates is the basis today for the manufacture of all polyurethanes. Polyurethane can be used in, but is not limited to, life-saving artificial hearts, safety padding in modern automobiles, and in carpeting.

Holmes was born in Woodbury, New Jersey.[1] In 1931, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Organic Chemistry from Amherst College in Massachusetts. He would later earn a master's and doctorate from the University of Illinois.[1] Holmes was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1991.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d e Invent Now Hall of Fame – Donald Fletcher Holmes Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 16, 2008.
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