| LC control no. | n 87836596 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Silver, Spencer |
| Located | Saint Paul (Minn.) |
| Birth date | 1941-02-06 |
| Death date | 2021-05-08 |
| Place of birth | San Antonio (Tex.) |
| Place of death | Saint Paul (Minn.) |
| Field of activity | Chemistry |
| Affiliation | 3M Company University of Colorado |
| Profession or occupation | Chemists |
| Found in | Data from ALA Booklist for An Industrial chemist [FS] 1987 (Spencer Silver) Washington post WWW site, viewed May 20, 2021 (in obituary dated May 13, 2021: Spencer Silver, a chemist who accidentally invented the delicate adhesive used in Post-it Notes, died May 8 at his home in St. Paul, Minn. He was 80. Dr. Silver's death was announced by 3M--maker of products including Scotch tape--where he had worked for nearly three decades. Spencer Ferguson Silver III was born in San Antonio on Feb. 6, 1941. Dr. Silver moved received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Arizona State University in 1962. He received a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Colorado at Boulder four years later and was hired the same year to work in 3M's research laboratory. Dr. Silver received 37 patents during his employment with 3M, according to the company, from which he retired in 1996) |
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