Allan Hay

Allan Stuart Hay FRS (July 23, 1929 – August 14, 2017)[1][2] was a Canadian chemist, and Tomlinson Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at McGill University. He is best known for his synthesization of Polyphenylene Oxide, leading to the development of Noryl and various other plastics.[3]

Allan Stuart Hay
Born(1929-07-23)July 23, 1929
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
DiedAugust 14, 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 88)
Niskayuna, New York, United States
Alma materUniversity of Alberta, University of Illinois at Chicago
Known forPolyphenylene Oxide, Noryl
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsGeneral Electric, McGill University

Career

Hay graduated from the University of Alberta with a B.Sc. in 1950 and an M.Sc. in 1952, and from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Ph.D. in 1955.[1]

He was a research chemist, and manager at General Electric, from 1955 to 1988. In 1975, he became adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[1][4]

In 1987, after retiring from GE, he became a research professor of polymer chemistry at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hay held the GE/NSERC Chair of Polymer Chemistry from 1987 to 1995, and the Tomlinson Chair in Chemistry from 1997 to 2014. He retired from McGill in 2014, returning to Niskayuna, New York.[3]

Awards and honors

In 1981, Hay was named a fellow of the Royal Society of London. In 1984 he received the IRI Achievement Award from the Industrial Research Institute in recognition for his contributions to science and technology, and society generally, for discoveries in polymerization by oxidative coupling. In 1985 he received the Chemical Pioneer Award from the American Institute of Chemists.[4]

References
  1. Center for Oral History. "Allan S. Hay". Science History Institute.
  2. "Allan Stuart Hay". Edmonton Journal. August 25, 2017.
  3. "Memorial Tribute – Allan S. Hay (1929–2017)". McGill University. October 11, 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  4. Fine, Leonard W.; Wise, George (24 July 1986). Allan S. Hay, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Leonard W. Fine and George Wise at Schenectady, New York on 24 July 1986 (PDF). Philadelphia, PA: Chemical Heritage Foundation.


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