Louis George Morin (18 February 1922 – 3 May 2003) was an American

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and inventor.

Biography

Morin was born in Saint-Paul-de-Montminy,

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and immigrated to the

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as a child. He began experimenting with the use of crystals in

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while serving in the

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during the

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and later operated several commercial electroplating facilities in

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. In 1969, Morin produced the gold-plated mesh used on the Apollo Lunar Module’s erectable S-band antenna. He held numerous patents in the field of

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and developed a number of original methods for the electroplating of non-metallic filaments. In 1980, Morin used the latter methods to produce the dielectric composite in the stealth technology airframe of the

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. Morin lived in

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and spent the later years of his life working in experimental crystallography. He also recorded a series of audio lectures that were widely disseminated throughout the metal finishing industry. He died of heart failure in the Bronx, New York.

External links

Finishing.com PodcastsObituary for Louis Morin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morin, Louis George 20th-century American chemists 1922 births 2003 deaths United States Army personnel of World War II