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Oral history interview with Robert B. Mesrobian, 1975.

Creator: Mesrobian, Robert B.
Project: Continental Group project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 72 pages Sound recording 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Chemist.

Scope and Contents

Princeton, Manhattan Project, 1941-45; polymer technology, teaching at Brooklyn Polytechnic; Herman F. Mark; Fulbright professorship in Holland; 1956 to Continental Can in charge of Central Research Laboratory; general manager of centralized research and development, Chicago; establishing corporate Research and Development for long term technology, 1961; development of Conoweld can, plastic beverage bottles, durable coatings and inks, two-piece cans, enviroend cans.

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Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1998.

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