Robert W. Layer
{{Short description|American engineer (1928-2022)}}
Robert Wesley Layer (August 11, 1928{{cite web |title=Background report for Robert Layer |url=https://radaris.com/~Robert-Layer/1114883224 |website=radaris.com |access-date=29 December 2024}}-December 3, 2022) was a B. F. Goodrich chemist noted for contributions to chemistry of imines{{cite journal |last1=Layer |first1=Robert W. |title=The Chemistry of Imines |journal=Chem. Rev. |date=1 October 1963 |volume=63 |issue=5 |pages=489–510 |doi=10.1021/cr60225a003 |url=https://doi.org/10.1021/cr60225a003 |access-date=17 August 2022|url-access=subscription }} and for chemical stabilization of elastomers.
Early life and education
Layer was born in 1928 in Brooklyn, New York. He earned a BA in chemistry at New York University, and in 1955{{cite news |title=1312 Diplomas to be awarded at UC Commencement |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/ohio/cincinnati/cincinnati-times-star/1955/06-02/page-4 |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Cincinnati Times Star |publisher=Cincinnati Times Star |date=2 June 1955}} a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati.{{cite news |title=Robert Layer Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/robert-layer-obituary?id=38445344 |access-date=26 December 2024 |work=Legacy.com |publisher=Legacy.com |date=21 December 2022}}
Career
Layer worked for 39 years as a research chemist at the B.F. Goodrich Company in Brecksville.{{cite journal |title=People - Industry |journal=Chemical & Engineering News |date=21 January 1980 |volume=58 |issue=3 |page=62 |doi=10.1021/cen-v058n003.p061 |url=https://ur.booksc.me/book/29322834/bc7a01 |access-date=29 September 2022|doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |title=People |journal=Chemical & Engineering News |date=August 1955 |volume=33 |issue=34 |page=3505 |doi=10.1021/cen-v033n034.p3500 |url=https://ur.booksc.eu/book/30510939/de4590 |access-date=29 September 2022|doi-access=free }}
He originated several patents on the chemical stabilization of elastomers.{{cite web |last1=Layer |first1=Robert W. |title=US4324717A Norbornene polymers stabilized with hindered aromatic alcohols |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4324717A/en |website=patents.google.com |publisher=U.S. Patent Office |access-date=26 December 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Layer |first1=Robert W. |last2=Tenney |first2=Linwood P. |title=Norbornene polymers containing bound phenolic antioxidant |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4355148A/en |website=patents.google.com |publisher=U.S. Patent Office |access-date=26 December 2024}} He collaborated with Robert Lattimer on rubber additives for protecting against ozone attack.{{cite journal |last1=Layer |first1=R. W. |last2=Lattimer |first2=R. P. |title=Protection of rubber against ozone |journal=Rubber Chemistry and Technology |date=1990 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=426–45 |doi=10.5254/1.3538264}}
Awards and recognitions
- 1992 - Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award from the ACS Rubber Division
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