Allan Hay
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|birth_date ={{birth date|1929|07|23}}
|birth_place =Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
|death_date ={{death date and age|2017|8|14|1929|07|23}}
|death_place =Niskayuna, New York, United States
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|field = Chemistry
|workplaces = General Electric, McGill University
|alma_mater = University of Alberta, University of Illinois at Chicago
|known_for = Polyphenylene Oxide, Noryl
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Allan Stuart Hay FRS (July 23, 1929 – August 14, 2017){{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=186480671|title=Allan Stuart Hay|work=Edmonton Journal|date=August 25, 2017}} was a Canadian chemist, and Tomlinson Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at McGill University. He is best known for his synthesization of Polyphenylene Oxide, leading to the development of Noryl and various other plastics.{{cite web|title=Memorial Tribute – Allan S. Hay (1929–2017)|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/chemistry/channels/news/memorial-tribute-allan-s-hay-1929-2017-275483|date=October 11, 2017|website=McGill University|accessdate=1 March 2018}}
Career
Hay graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. in 1950 and an M.Sc. in 1952, and from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Ph.D. in 1955.
He was a research chemist, and manager at General Electric, from 1955 to 1988. In 1975, he became adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.{{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Allan S. Hay |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/hay-allan-s|website= Science History Institute }}{{cite book|first1= Leonard W. |last1=Fine|first2= George |last2=Wise |title=Allan S. Hay, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Leonard W. Fine and George Wise at Schenectady, New York on 24 July 1986 |date=24 July 1986 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/hay_as_0057_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation }}
In 1987, after retiring from GE, he became a research professor of polymer chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hay held the GE/NSERC Chair of Polymer Chemistry from 1987 to 1995, and the Tomlinson Chair in Chemistry from 1997 to 2014. He retired from McGill in 2014, returning to Niskayuna, New York.
Awards and honors
In 1981, Hay was named a fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 1984 he received the IRI Achievement Award from the Industrial Research Institute in recognition for his contributions to science and technology, and society generally, for discoveries in polymerization by oxidative coupling. In 1985
he received the Chemical Pioneer Award from the American Institute of Chemists.
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External links
- {{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Allan S. Hay |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/hay-allan-s|website= Science History Institute }}
- {{cite book|first1= Leonard W. |last1=Fine|first2= George |last2=Wise |title=Allan S. Hay, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Leonard W. Fine and George Wise at Schenectady, New York on 24 July 1986 |date=24 July 1986 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/hay_as_0057_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation }}
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Category:Canadian fellows of the Royal Society
Category:Academic staff of McGill University
Category:Scientists from Edmonton
Category:University of Alberta alumni
Category:University of Illinois alumni
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