Arthur V. Tobolsky

Arthur Victor Tobolsky (1919–1972) was a Professor in the Chemistry Department at Princeton University known for teaching and research in polymer science and rheology.

Personal

Tobolsky was born in New York City in 1919.[1] On September 7, 1972, Tobolsky died unexpectedly at the age of 53 on September 7, 1972 while attending a conference in Utica, N.Y.[2]

Education

Tobolsky graduated from Columbia in 1940, and received his PhD from Princeton in 1944. He studied under Henry Eyring and Hugh Stott Taylor.[3]

Career

Early in his career, he spent one year at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. After that, he spent his entire career in the Chemistry Department at Princeton.

Tobolsky made fundamental contributions in the fields of rheology, rubber elasticity, polymerization kinetics and thermodynamics, and polymer degradation.[2]

He served on the Editorial Boards of American Scientist, the Journal of Polymer Science, and the Journal of Applied Physics.

Awards and Recognitions

References
  1. Tobolsky, Arthur V. (November 1970). "SPE International Award Paper". Polymer Engineering and Science. 10 (6): 317–319. doi:10.1002/pen.760100602.
  2. Prud’homme, Robert Emery. "In memoriam Arthur Tobolsky" (PDF). University of Montreal. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. "Academic Tree". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. "APS Fellow Archive".
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