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DELLA M. ROY
Pages 370-375

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... TROLIER-McKINSTRY D ELLA MARIE MARTIN ROY, professor emerita of ­materials science at the Pennsylvania State University, died March 27, 2021, at age 94. Throughout her career she combined a keen ­intellect with unruffled grace while managing a large research program and working on important problems in cement strength, h­ydroxyapatite formation, nuclear waste disposal, and reuse of industrial byproducts such as fly ash.  She was born to Harry L
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From page 372...
... She was also the author or coauthor of more than 400 publications; among the most important of these papers are: • "Hydroxyapatite Formed from Coral Skeletal Carbonate by Hydrothermal Exchange"1 • "Ettringite and C-S-H Portland Cement Phases for Waste Ion Immobilization: A Review"2 • "Effect of Silica Fume, Metakaolin, and Low-Calcium Fly Ash on Chemical Resistance of Concrete"3 • "New Strong Cement Materials: Chemically Bonded Ceramics"4 • "Tissue Ingrowth of Replamineform Implants"5 1  Roy DM, Linnehan SK.
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From page 373...
... In 1991 she was elected to the World Academy of Ceramics as its first female member, and in 2012 she was one of the recipients of the first annual Golden Goose Award, which is given by Congress to honor federally funded research leading to major breakthroughs in scientific, technological, medial, public health, and other fields of benefit to the public. In addition, in 1965 the mineral dellaite was named after her -- one of only 112 women to have one of the nearly 5500 minerals named after them (as of May 2019)
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From page 374...
... , and two grandchildren. Son Neill Rathan Roy predeceased her in 2018.
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