Robert P. Lattimer

Last updated

Robert P. Lattimer (February 2, 1945 - [1] ) is a retired chemist who worked for Lubrizol as an Advanced Materials research and development technical fellow. [2] He is an advocate for including intelligent design in public science curriculum.

Contents

Education

Lattimer attended the University of Missouri where he earned a B.S. in chemistry. He obtained his doctoral degree in 1971 in physical/analytical chemistry from the University of Kansas. [3]

Career

Lattimer worked for B.F. Goodrich and later Noveon [4] and Lubrizol as a research chemist. He retired as a Senior Technical Fellow following nearly 40 years of service. His published work on mass spectrometry and polymer characterization [5] and degradation have been widely cited. He is a past Vice-President of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Lattimer was Vice-Chairman of the 1985 Gordon Research Conference on Analytical Pyrolysis. [6] His most cited work treated the subject of mass spectrometry of transition metal macrocycles. [7]

Political Advocacy

Lattimer is a board member for the Eagle Forum of Ohio. He has advocated for pro-family issues in the state, and he has been the Science Issues Chairman. [8] [3] He advocated for including Intelligent Design in the Ohio Board of Education's state science curriculum. [9] [10] Lattimer was a founder of the advocacy group Science Excellence for All Ohioans (SEAO). [11] He co-authored a book titled The Evolution Controversy. [12] He is a signer of A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism [13] .

Awards and recognition

Related Research Articles

The Discovery Institute (DI) is a politically conservative think tank that advocates the pseudoscientific concept of intelligent design (ID). It was founded in 1991 in Seattle as a non-profit offshoot of the Hudson Institute.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Waldo Semon</span> American inventor (1898-1999)

Waldo Lonsbury Semon was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful.

Thermal depolymerization (TDP) is the process of converting a polymer into a monomer or a mixture of monomers, by predominantly thermal means. It may be catalyzed or un-catalyzed and is distinct from other forms of depolymerization which may rely on the use of chemicals or biological action. This process is associated with an increase in entropy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pyrolysis</span> Thermal decomposition of materials

Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere without access to oxygen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goodrich Corporation</span> Defunct American manufacturer

The Goodrich Corporation, formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company, was an American manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in Akron, Ohio in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich, the company name was changed to the "B.F. Goodrich Company" in 1880, to BFGoodrich in the 1980s, and to "Goodrich Corporation" in 2001. Originally a rubber manufacturing company known for automobile tires, the company diversified its manufacturing businesses throughout the twentieth century and sold off its tire business in 1986 to focus on its other businesses, such as aerospace and chemical manufacturing. The BFGoodrich brand name continues to be used by Michelin, who acquired the tire manufacturing business in 1988. Following the acquisition by United Technologies in 2012, Goodrich became a part of UTC Aerospace Systems.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thermogravimetric analysis</span> Thermal method of analysis

Thermogravimetric analysis or thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) is a method of thermal analysis in which the mass of a sample is measured over time as the temperature changes. This measurement provides information about physical phenomena, such as phase transitions, absorption, adsorption and desorption; as well as chemical phenomena including chemisorptions, thermal decomposition, and solid-gas reactions.

The Kansas evolution hearings were a series of hearings held in Topeka, Kansas, United States from May 5 to 12, 2005 by the Kansas State Board of Education and its State Board Science Hearing Committee to change how evolution and the origin of life would be taught in the state's public high school science classes. The hearings were arranged by the Board of Education with the intent of introducing intelligent design into science classes via the Teach the Controversy method.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BFGoodrich</span> Brand of tires produced and sold by Michelin

BFGoodrich is an American tire brand. Originally part of the industrial conglomerate Goodrich Corporation, it was acquired in 1990 by the French tire maker Michelin. BFGoodrich was the first American tire manufacturer to make radial tires. It made tires for the then new Winton car from Winton Motor Carriage Company.

"A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism" was a statement issued in 2001 by the Discovery Institute, a Christian, conservative think tank based in Seattle, Washington, U.S., best known for its promotion of the pseudoscientific principle of intelligent design. As part of the Discovery Institute's Teach the Controversy campaign, the statement expresses skepticism about the ability of random mutations and natural selection to account for the complexity of life, and encourages careful examination of the evidence for "Darwinism", a term intelligent design proponents use to refer to evolution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry</span>

Pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry is a method of chemical analysis in which the sample is heated to decomposition to produce smaller molecules that are separated by gas chromatography and detected using mass spectrometry.

Lubrizol Corporation is an American provider of specialty chemicals for the transportation, industrial and consumer markets. These products include additives for engine oils and other transportation-related fluids, additives for industrial lubricants, and additives for gasoline and diesel fuel. In addition, Lubrizol makes ingredients and additives for personal care products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, specialty materials, including plastics technology, and coatings in the form of specialty resins and additives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Goodyear Medal</span> Award

The Charles Goodyear Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division. Established in 1941, the award is named after Charles Goodyear, the discoverer of vulcanization, and consists of a gold medal, a framed certificate and prize money. The medal honors individuals for "outstanding invention, innovation, or development which has resulted in a significant change or contribution to the nature of the rubber industry". Awardees give a lecture at an ACS Rubber Division meeting, and publish a review of their work in the society's scientific journal Rubber Chemistry and Technology.

The Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award is a professional award conferred by the ACS Rubber Division. Established in 1983, the award is named after Melvin Mooney, developer of the Mooney viscometer and of the Mooney-Rivlin hyperelastic law. The award consists of an engraved plaque and prize money. The medal honors individuals "who have exhibited exceptional technical competency by making significant and repeated contributions to rubber science and technology".

<i>Rubber Chemistry and Technology</i> Academic journal

Rubber Chemistry and Technology is a quarterly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering fundamental research and technical developments relating to chemistry, materials science, and engineering of rubber, elastomers, and related materials. It was established in 1928, with Carroll C. Davis as its first editor-in-chief. The current editor-in-chief is Christopher G. Robertson. The journal is published by the ACS Rubber Division. The journal currently publishes four issues per year containing original research contributions and review articles.

Samuel Emmett Horne Jr. was a research scientist at B. F. Goodrich noted for first synthesizing cis-1,4-polyisoprene, the main polymer contained in natural tree rubber, using Ziegler catalysis. Earlier attempts to produce synthetic rubber from isoprene had been unsuccessful, but in 1955, Horne prepared 98 percent cis-1,4-polyisoprene via the stereospecific polymerization of isoprene. The product of this reaction differs from natural rubber only slightly. It contains a small amount of cis-1,2-polyisoprene, but it is indistinguishable from natural rubber in its physical properties.

The purpose of the Sparks–Thomas Award, given by the ACS Rubber Division, is to recognize and encourage outstanding contributions and innovations in the field of elastomers by younger scientists, technologists, and engineers. The award is named for Exxon scientists William J. Sparks and Robert M. Thomas, co-inventors of Butyl rubber.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marcos Nogueira Eberlin</span>

Marcos Nogueira Eberlin is a Brazilian chemist and former professor at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Campinas. He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences and received the Brazilian National Order of Scientific Merit in 2005 and the Thomson Medal in 2016.

Charles Sundy Schollenberger was an American chemist. He invented the first thermoplastic polyurethane (Estane).

Robert Wesley Layer was a B. F. Goodrich chemist noted for contributions to chemistry of imines and for chemical stabilization of elastomers.

References

  1. ↑ "Robert P. Lattimer". ohioresidentdatabase.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Familiar faces honored at Rubber Expo". Rubber and Plastics News. Crain. Rubber and Plastics News. October 16, 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Citizens for Objective Public Education - Board of Directors". COPEINC.ORG. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "B.F. GOODRICH CORPORATE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTER". case.edu. CWRU. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ Montaudo, Giorgio; Lattimer, Robert P. (October 29, 2001). Mass Spectrometry of Polymers. CRC Press. ISBN   9780849331275 . Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Analytical Pyrolysis". grc.org. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  7. ↑ Scherson, D.; Tanaka, A. A.; Gupta, S. L.; Tryk, D.; Fierro, C.; Holze, R.; Yeager, E. B.; Lattimer, R. P. (1986). "Transition metal macrocycles supported on high area carbon: Pyrolysis—mass spectrometry studies". Electrochimica Acta. 31 (10): 1247–1258. doi:10.1016/0013-4686(86)80144-X.
  8. ↑ "Ohio requests feedback on updated academic standards". eagleforum.org. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  9. ↑ Yonke, David (January 18, 2003). "Evolution controversy heads for classrooms". The Toledo Blade. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ "KU profs support evolution skepticism". Lawrence Journal World. February 21, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  11. ↑ Hoff, David J. (September 18, 2002). "New Ohio Draft Ignores Alternatives to Evolution". EducationWeek. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  12. ↑ Sjogren, Jody F.; Lattimer, Robert P.; Rudy, Douglas D. (2005). The evolution controversy : understanding the basic issues in the debate between biological evolution and Intelligent design. Columbus, Ohio: Metamorphosis Studios, Inc. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  13. ↑ "A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism" (PDF). Discovery Institute. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.