Herman E. Schroeder (6 July 1915 – 28 November 2009) was a Research Director at

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, inventor of the first practical adhesive for bonding rubber to

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for B29 bomber tires, and a pioneer in the development of specialty elastomers. In 1984, Schroeder received the

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. DuPont awarded him the

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for Inspirational Research Leadership in 1992.

Personal

Schroder was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1915. He died in 2009 in

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Education

1936 A.B., summa cum laude, Chemistry, Harvard University 1937 A.M., Chemistry, Harvard University 1939 Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Harvard University

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External links

*Finding aids for th
Herman Schroeder papers
and th
Herman Schroeder photograph collection
are available at

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. Both collections are available for research. {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroeder, Herman Polymer scientists and engineers 1915 births 2009 deaths American chemical engineers DuPont people People from Brooklyn Harvard University alumni Engineers from New York City 20th-century American engineers Scientists from New York City