Paul Flory

Paul J. Flory was an American chemist, engineer, and physicist who worked in the fields of physical chemistry and polymer science. Born in Sterling in 1910, he received his education at Ohio State University. Throughout his career, he was employed by Cornell University, Stanford University, DuPont, and the University of Cincinnati. He died in Big Sur in 1985 due to a myocardial infarction.

Flory was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He received several honors, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Elliott Cresson Medal, the Willard Gibbs Award, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. His notable works include *Principles of polymer chemistry*, *Statistical Mechanics of Chain Modules*, and *Polymer science*.