Francis P. Bundy

Bundy graduated in 1927 from Lancaster, Ohio's Lancaster High School and in 1931 from Westerfield, Ohio's Otterbein College, now named Otterbein University. In 1937 he received his Ph.D. in physics from Ohio State University. From 1937 to 1942 he taught at Ohio University. During World War II he worked in sonar research at the Harvard Underwater Sound Laboratory. In 1946 he went to General Electric's research laboratories in Schenectady, New York.{{cite news|title=Francis Bundy. Family-Placed Obituary|newspaper=The Western Star, Ohio (week of February 28 to March 6, 2008)|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hamilton/obituary.aspx?n=francis-bundy&pid=104356961}}

In 1951 General Electric started "Project Superpressure", managed by Anthony J. Nerad, to synthesize diamonds in the laboratory.{{cite book|author=Hazen, Robert M.|title=The Diamond Makers|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=97|isbn=9780521654746 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNJQok6N9_MC&pg=PA97}} In February 1955, General Electric announced that the research team consisting of Francis P. Bundy, H. Tracy Hall, Herbert M. Strong, and Robert H. Wentorf Jr. had synthesized "tiny diamonds made from a carbonaceous material subjected to extreme pressures and temperature."{{cite web|title=G-E Scientists Make Diamonds in the Laboratory|website=H. Tracy Hall Foundation|url=https://www.htracyhall.org/pdf/HTH-Archives/Tracy%20Hall%20Project%20Consolidation/Document%20Library/Writings,%20Interviews,%20and%20Memorials/Man%20Made%20Diamonds,%20Press%20Release%20(Feb.%2015,%201955)-245.pdf}} In 1977 the four team members jointly received the International Prize for New Materials, now called the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, for "their outstanding research contributions and inventions which include the first reproducible process for making diamond; the synthesis of cubic boron nitride; and the development of the high pressure processes that are required to produce these materials."{{cite web|title=1977 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Recipient, Francis Bundy|website=American Physical Society|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Bundy&first_nm=Francis&year=1977}}

Bundy was the author or co-author of over 100 scientific publications. He was elected in 1946 a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America{{cite web|website=Acoustical Society of America|title=Search Fellows prior to 2003|url=https://acousticalsociety.org/fellows-of-the-society/}} and in 1953 a Fellow of the American Physical Society.{{cite web|title=APS Fellow Archive|website=American Physical Society|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=1953&unit_id=&institution=General+Electric}} (search on year 1953 and institution General Electric) In 1987 he received the Bridgman Award.

Bundy gained considerable fame as a glider pilot. (His wife Hazel Bundy was also a glider pilot.){{cite web|title=Francis P. Bundy|website=National Soaring Museum|url=https://www.soaringmuseum.org/hof_more.php?id=11}} He logged over 8,000 glider flights, designed and built sailplanes, worked as an instructor and flight examiner, was very active in competitions, and sometimes served as a contest official. In 2001 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the National Soaring Museum.

On October 24, 1936 in Springfield, Illinois, he married Hazel Victoria Forwood (1910–2006).{{cite web|title=Hazel Bundy|website=Hoskins Funeral Homes|location=Lebanon, Ohio|url=https://www.hoskinsfh.com/obituary/887147}} They had two sons and two daughters.

• {{cite journal|doi=10.1038/176051a0|title=Man-Made Diamonds|year=1955|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|last2=Hall|first2=H. T.|last3=Strong|first3=H. M.|last4=Wentorf Jr.|first4=R. H.|journal=Nature|volume=176|issue=4471|pages=51–55|bibcode=1955Natur.176...51B|s2cid=4266566}} (over 1350 citations)
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1731938|title=Diamond-Graphite Equilibrium Line from Growth and Graphitization of Diamond|year=1961|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|last2=Bovenkerk|first2=H. P.|last3=Strong|first3=H. M.|last4=Wentorf Jr.|first4=R. H.|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=35|issue=2|pages=383–391|bibcode=1961JChPh..35..383B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1736029|title=Effect of Pressure on emf of Thermocouples|year=1961|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|journal=Journal of Applied Physics|volume=32|issue=3|pages=483–488|bibcode=1961JAP....32..483B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.137.3535.1057|title=Direct Conversion of Graphite to Diamond in Static Pressure Apparatus|year=1962|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|journal=Science|volume=137|issue=3535|pages=1057–1058|pmid=17774419|bibcode=1962Sci...137.1057B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1733716|title=Direct Conversion of Graphite to Diamond in Static Pressure Apparatus|year=1963|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=38|issue=3|pages=631–643|bibcode=1963JChPh..38..631B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1733815|title=Direct Transformation of Hexagonal Boron Nitride to Denser Forms|year=1963|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|last2=Wentorf Jr.|first2=R. H.|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=38|issue=5|pages=1144–1149|bibcode=1963JChPh..38.1144B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.139.3552.340|title=A New Dense Form of Solid Germanium|year=1963|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|last2=Kasper|first2=J. S.|journal=Science|volume=139|issue=3552|pages=340–341|pmid=17781090|bibcode=1963Sci...139..340B|s2cid=127142}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1725818|title=Phase Diagrams of Silicon and Germanium to 200 kbar, 1000°C|year=1964|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=41|issue=12|pages=3809–3814|bibcode=1964JChPh..41.3809B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.1841236|title=Hexagonal Diamond—A New Form of Carbon|year=1967|last1=Bundy|first1=F. P.|last2=Kasper|first2=J. S.|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=46|issue=9|pages=3437–3446|bibcode=1967JChPh..46.3437B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.155.3765.995|title=Hexagonal Diamonds in Meteorites: Implications|year=1967|last1=Hanneman|first1=R. E.|last2=Strong|first2=H. M.|last3=Bundy|first3=F. P.|journal=Science|volume=155|issue=3765|pages=995–997|pmid=17830485|bibcode=1967Sci...155..995H|s2cid=31626060}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1063/1.431874|title=Direct transitions among the allotropic forms of boron nitride at high pressures and temperatures|year=1975|last1=Corrigan|first1=F. R.|last2=Bundy|first2=F. P.|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics|volume=63|issue=9|page=3812|bibcode=1975JChPh..63.3812C}}
• {{cite book|editor=Spain, Ian L.|editor2=Paauwe, Jac|chapter=Chapter 8. Synthesis of Diamond and Superhard Materials by Francis P. Bundy|title=High Pressure Technology. Volume 2: Applications and Processes|year=1977|publisher=Marcel Dekker|location=New York & Basel|pages=321–338|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8Fj-_p_oJ0C&pg=PA321|doi=10.1201/9780203751985-8|isbn=0-8247-6591-5}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1126/science.208.4446.873|title=Sintered Superhard Materials|year=1980|last1=Wentorf Jr.|first1=R. H.|last2=Devries|first2=R. C.|last3=Bundy|first3=F. P.|journal=Science|volume=208|issue=4446|pages=873–880|pmid=17772811|s2cid=34588568}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1029/JB085iB12p06930|title=The P, T phase and reaction diagram for elemental carbon, 1979|year=1980|last1=Bundy|first1=Francis P.|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research|volume=85|issue=B12|page=6930|bibcode=1980JGR....85.6930B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(88)90174-3|title=Ultra-high pressure apparatus|year=1988|last1=Bundy|first1=F.|journal=Physics Reports|volume=167|issue=3|pages=133–176|bibcode=1988PhR...167..133B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0378-4371(89)90115-5|title=Pressure-temperature phase diagram of elemental carbon|year=1989|last1=Bundy|first1=F.P.|journal=Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications|volume=156|issue=1|pages=169–178|bibcode=1989PhyA..156..169B}}
• {{cite journal|doi=10.1016/0008-6223(96)00170-4|title=The pressure-temperature phase and transformation diagram for carbon; updated through 1994|year=1996|last1=Bundy|first1=F.P.|last2=Bassett|first2=W.A.|last3=Weathers|first3=M.S.|last4=Hemley|first4=R.J.|last5=Mao|first5=H.U.|last6=Goncharov|first6=A.F.|journal=Carbon|volume=34|issue=2|pages=141–153|bibcode=1996Carbo..34..141B }}

• {{cite web|title=Bundy Francis F1, Image title: Bundy with High Pressure Apparatus|website=American Institute of Physics|url=https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/photos/bundy-francis-f1}}
• {{cite web|title=Bundy Francis F2, Image title: Bundy with GE Diamond Press|website=American Institute of Physics|url=https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/photos/bundy-francis-f2}}
• {{cite web|title=Stories by Francis P. Bundy|website=Scientific American|url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/author/francis-p-bundy/}}

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