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CHAINS OF OPPORTUNITY Ohio History and Culture Bowles.i-xvi 6/16/08 3:57 PM Page i Bowles.i-xvi 6/16/08 3:57 PM Page ii [35.173.254.36] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 05:37 GMT) Mark D. Bowles CHAINS OF OPPORTUNITY the university of akron and the emergence of the polymer age 1909–2007 The University of Akron Press Akron, Ohio Bowles.i-xvi 6/16/08 3:57 PM Page iii Copyright © 2008 by The University of Akron All rights reserved First Edition 2008 Manufactured in the United States of America. All inquiries and permission requests should be addressed to the Publisher, The University of Akron Press, Akron, Ohio 44325-1703. www.uakron.edu/uapress 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 The lyrics on page 3 are from “The Day The World Turned Day-Glo”© Poly Styrene 1977. Written by Marianne Elliott-Said. Published by Maxwood Music Ltd. Used by kind permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bowles, Mark D. Chains of opportunity : The University of Akron and the emergence of the polymer age, 1909–2007 / Mark D. Bowles. p. cm. ISBN 978–1–931968–53–9 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. University of Akron. College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering— History. 2. Polymers—Study and teaching (Higher)—Ohio—Akron—History. I. University of Akron. II. Title. QD47.5.O45U553 2008 668.907’077136—dc22 2007044709 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48–1984. ƒ Bowles.i-xvi 6/16/08 3:57 PM Page iv ...