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HARY W. COVER, JR.
HARY W. COVER, JR.
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COO V ER , J R . 1917–2011 Elected in 1983 "For significant contributions in widely diverse fields of applied chemistry, management of industrial research, engineering and development, and national research activities." BY VINCENT EDGAR PAUL SUBMITTED BY THE NAE HOME SECRETARY HARRY W
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Later he worked on cyanoacrylate adhesives, now known as "superglues." Originally, work on these compounds was directed toward their possible use as plastics for impactresistant jet canopies and as optically perfect gun sites for the military. Famously, a lab associate inadvertently stuck together the lenses of an expensive refractometer, thus ruining the device.
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Dr. Coover is survived by his sons Harry Wesley Coover III and Stephen Rohm Coover; daughter Melinda Coover Paul; and four grandchildren -- Brett Coover, Dana Coover, Adam Paul, and Kirsten Paul.
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