Skip to main content

Memorial Tributes Volume 20 (2016) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

S. DONALD STOOKEY
Pages 314-319

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 315...
... His family moved from Nebraska to Cedar Rapids when he was five. Some of his favorite childhood memories were of family fishing trips to Minnesota -- a hobby that he continued to enjoy throughout his life.
Read the entire page →
From page 316...
... After Dr. Stookey joined Corning, he immersed himself in exploratory research, studying the complex chemistry of oxidation and its effects on the color of glass as it changes t ­emperatures -- discoveries that helped lead to the develop­ ment of photosensitive glass.
Read the entire page →
From page 317...
... ; Coe College Alumni Award of Merit; Ross Coffin Purdy Award of the American Ceramic Society; Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award; Inventor of the Year Award, George Washington University; Award for Creative Invention of the American Chemical Society; Eugene C Sullivan Award, Corning Section, American Chemical Society; Beverly Myers Achievement Award of the Educational Foundation in Ophthalmic Optics; Phoenix Award of the Glass Industry; Achievement Award of the Industrial Research Institute; Samuel Giejsbeek Award of the Pacific Coast Sections, American Ceramic Society; and Distinguished Inventor Award, Central New York Patent Law Association.
Read the entire page →
From page 318...
... He fished for marlin and sailfish off of Mazatlán, Cozumel, and squaretail trout in Quebec. Other fishing expeditions took him to the Arctic Circle on Great Bear Lake and Makokibatan Lake in Northern Ontario.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • american ceramic
  • photosensitive glass
  • helped lead
  • coe college
  • achievement award

  • degrees celsius
  • glass ceramics
  • glass industry
  • tongs slipped
  • york patent

  • corning section
  • adventurous trips
  • purdy award
  • inventors hall
  • housing complex

  • inventor award
  • furnace malfunctioned
  • allowed chemicals
  • temperature rose
  • research position

  • giejsbeek award
  • price wetherill
  • cookware world
  • prestigious recognitions
  • distinguished inventor

  • fishing trips
  • makokibatan lake
  • glass manufacturing
  • law association
  • phd dissertation


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.