Moore, Sylvia

In February 1936, Du Pont assigned Carothers what was to be his last job for the company, a history of his contributions. Sylvia Moore had ended their relationship, and two days after Carothers completed the history, he surprised friends by marrying a pretty young woman from Du Pont s patent office. Helen Everett Sweetman was not a socialite, like the wives of some of Carothers friends. Her father was a Du Pont administrator, neither a scientist nor a top executive. But Helen had graduated from the University of Delaware with a degree in chemistry, she played a good game of tennis, and she adored Carothers. 

Robert M. Secor. Telephone interviews, 2000-2001. Source for Sylvia Moore s background and end of their affair club memberships Julian Hill visits hospital and learns Carothers spent the night there before suicide Carothers grades and freshman chemistry class Carothers rejects Neoprene medal European doubts about Carothers condensation polymers and young Flory s opinion that polymers were of dubious scientific value. 

Dorothy Detzer. Appointment on the Hill. New York Henry Holt and Company, 1948. Source for Sylvia Moore s political milieu. 

William F. Carroll, Jr., Richard W. Johnson, Sylvia S. Moore and... 

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