page_title: Charles Goodyear Medal
section_title: 1950s
hierarchical_section_title: Charles Goodyear Medal / Recipients / 1950s
caption_attribution_description: English: Taken at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA
context_page_description: The Charles Goodyear Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division. Established in 1941, the award is named after Charles Goodyear, the discoverer of vulcanization, and consists of a gold medal, a framed certificate and prize money. The medal honors individuals for "outstanding invention, innovation, or development which has resulted in a significant change or contribution to the nature of the rubber industry". Awardees give a lecture at an ACS Rubber Division meeting, and publish a review of their work in the society's scientific journal Rubber Chemistry and Technology.
context_section_description: 1950 Carroll C. Davis - first editor of Rubber Chemistry and Technology, serving from 1928 to 1957, and developer of the first practical oxygen-aging test in the industry and the use of antioxidants in rubber
  1951 William C. Geer - B. F. Goodrich pioneer in studying rubber ageing, and developer of early aircraft de-icing systems
  1952 Howard E. Simmons - Dupont chemist that discovered the Simmons–Smith reaction
  1953 John T. Blake - Research director at Simplex Wire and Cable company, pioneered understanding of rubber as an electrical insulator
  1954 George S. Whitby - Head of the University of Akron rubber laboratory, for many years the only teacher of rubber chemistry in the USA
  1955 Ray P. Dinsmore - Goodyear pioneer of the use of rayon as a reinforcing material in auto tires
  1956 Sidney M. Cadwell - United States Rubber Company researcher noted as discoverer of antioxidants for rubber.
  1957 Arthur W. Carpenter - past president of ASTM, known for contributions to quality control for rubber
  1958 Joseph C. Patrick - Thiokol Chemical Company inventor of first American synthetic elastomer - Thiokol (polymer)
  1959 Fernley H. Banbury - Farrel Corporation executive and inventor of the Banbury mixer
caption: Oxidative ageing was an early challenge in the rubber industry. Carroll C. Davis, William C. Geer, Sidney M. Cadwell and Herbert A. Winkelmann all made important contributions to testing and compounding strategies for ageing.
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