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Name
  
Herbert McCoy


Died
  
1945

Herbert Newby McCoy Zhu selected as 2016 recipient of Purdues Herbert Newby McCoy Award

Books
  
Introduction to General Chemistry

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Herbert Newby McCoy (June 29, 1870 – May 7, 1945) was an American chemist who taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Utah and was the vice-president of Lindsay Light & Chemical Company.

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McCoy wrote the book Introduction to General Chemistry (1919) with his wife-to-be, Ethel Terry and contributed to numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths.

Background

  • McCoy was born in Richmond, Indiana, on June 29, 1870
  • BS (1892) and MS (1893), Purdue University
  • Ph.D, University of Chicago, 1898
  • Assistant professor, University of Utah, 1899–1901
  • Taught at University of Chicago, 1901–17
  • Became vice-president, Lindsay Light & Chemical Company, in 1919
  • President of Carnotite Reduction Company in Chicago
  • Wrote Introduction to General Chemistry (1919) with his wife-to-be, Ethel Terry
  • Contributed to numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths
  • Awarded Willard Gibbs medal, 1937
  • Died May 7, 1945 Los Angeles, California.
  • The Herbert Newby McCoy Award was established in 1964 by Mrs. Ethel Terry McCoy in honor of her husband.

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