Huggins Maurice

The Editors of Advances in Polymer Science extend their warmest felicitations to Dr. Maurice Huggins on the occasion of his eightieth birthday on September 19 th, 1977. We are happy to dedicate this 25th Volume to him in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Polymer Science and to other branches of physical science. 

I thank the following for their direct contributions in the preparation of this paper Charles Overberger, Ray Seymour, Paul Flory, James Scott Long, Zeno Wicks, Maurice Huggins, A1 Zettle-moyer, Walter Stockmayer, Fred Elrich, Fred Billmeyer, Malcolm Renfrew, Carl Marvel and Malcolm Dole and Edgar Hardy for suggestions as to how to develop the presented material. 

While at Standard Oil, Dr. Flory developed a quantitative statistical mechanical theory of macromolecular solutions (8). It was my pleasure to attend the Gibson Island (MD) conferences in the early 1940 s and to hear Paul discuss his theory with Maurice Huggins who had arrived at comparable theory, independently. Some may be amazed to learn that polymer chemists, such as Flory and Huggins, would discuss these ndamental breakthroughs at these conferences. However, the other attendees were not permitted to publicize such discussions. Hence, there were many other meritorious discussions at these conferences by polymer chemists of comparable statue. 

MAURICE LOYAL HUGGINS A PIONEER IN SOLUTION THEORY... 

While Maurice Huggins spent much of his career in industiy, he was more interested in basic research than in practical investigations. his major contributions to pol3nner science were related to entropy of mixing and the viscosity of dilute solutions. He died in California in December 1982. 

The American Chemical Society Division of Polymer Chemistry was preceded by a High Polymer Forum. Dr. Maurice Huggins was an advocate and first chairman of this forum prior to its attainment of division status in the ACS in the early 1950 s. 

He received the Frank Forrest Award of the American Ceramic Society, the A. Cressey Morrison Prize of the New York Academy of Science, was the recipient of the ACS Division of Organic Plastics and Coatings (Borden) Award in 1980 and was named a pioneer in polymer science 1 Polymer News. Previous recipients of the ACS-ORPC biennial award were Dr. Paul Flory (1976) and Carl S. Marvel (1978) who were also Pioneers in Polymer Science. Maurice was awarded honorary D.Sc. degrees by Technische Universitat Clausthal and Kent State University. Dr. Huggins received the Dow Chemical Polymer Award sponsored by the Polymer Division of ACS at the U.S./Japan Polymer Symposium at Palm Springs, California, November 1980. 

Maurice was married in 1928. The Huggins were parents of two children. Their son Robert, is a professor of material science at Stanford University. Maurice Huggins died at Palo Alto in 1982. 

TEIJI TSURUTA, MAURICE L. HUGGINS AND WILLIAM J. BAILEY... 

PRESENTATION OF THE DIVISION OF POLYMER CHEMISTRY AWARD TO MAURICE L. HUGGINS... 

On the occasion of the presentation of the Division of Polymer Chemistry Award to Dr. Maurice L. Huggins on November 24, 1980, a number of formal and informal events, which accompanied the award address published in this volume, occurred which added materially to the presentation and we hope tended to enhance the tradition of the award. These events included the presentation ceremonies, the introduction of the awardee, and a panel discussion involving questions and reminiscing about the awardee s career. A special flavor to the ceremony was derived by the presentation of a scroll signed by many of his polymer friends in Japan and an additional gift of a 200-year old Japanese wooden print to Dr. Huggins by the Society of Polymer Science, Japan. 

Frank Mayo, who will make some comments on Maurice Huggins biographical background and introduce the awardee,... 

Frank Mayo - I have been asked to make a few remarks on the life and times of Maurice Huggins. Since many of them are already printed in the program, my remarks will, therefore, be brief. 

The Division of Polymer Chemistry Award presented to Maurice L. Huggins November 24, 1980... 

Teiji Tsuruta - Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan, I would like to express my hearty congratulations to Professor Maurice L. Huggins for his receiving the Division of Polymer Chemistry Award. Professor Huggins stayed in Japan for one year from 1955 to 1956 as a Fulbright Lecturer. He was responsible for many lecture courses and seminars in Kyoto University,... 

Maurice L. Huggins - I want to express my thanks to the Dow Chemical Company, to the Officers of the Polymer Division, and to everybody who had a part in making it possible for me to come to this place at this time under these circumstances. I really appreciate all of this and these many signs of good will which I am receiving. Thank you very much. 

Maurice L. Huggins 135 Northridge Lane Woodside, California... 

The highlight of the conference was the presentation of the Third Division of Polymer Chemistry Award to Dr. Maurice L. Huggins for his outstanding contributions to... 

I am privileged to introduce Herman F. Mark this evening as the Polymer Division Award winner. Previous winners of this award were Dr. Paul J. Flory of Stanford, Dr. Carl S. Marvel of the University of Arizona and the late Dr. Maurice Huggins. 

Paul Flory and Maurice Huggins presented, independently, the thermodynamics theory for polymer solutions. 

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