Norman Bekkedahl (1903–1986) was Deputy Chief of the Polymers Division at the Institute for Materials Research of theNational Bureau of Standards.[1] Bekkedahl received the 1967Charles Goodyear Medal for his work with the application ofthermodynamics tonatural rubber, in particular the application ofdilatometry[2] to studyingglass transition[3] andcrystallization[4] of rubber.[5][6] In 1995, he was inducted into theInternational Rubber Science Hall of Fame.
Bekkedahl made one of the first investigations of theglass transition of rubber and wrote more than 40 technical articles on rubber. He studied chemical engineering at theUniversity of Minnesota. He continued his studies at George Washington University and received his Ph.D. from the American University in Washington, DC. He worked at the American Sugar Beet Company, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Bureau of Standards (Polymers Division).
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