Redman, L. V. (Lawrence Vincent), b. 1880

Lawrence Vincent Redman (1880-1946) was a Canadian chemist and a leader in the industrial applications of plastics.

Born Robert Lawrence Vincent Redman on September 1, 1880 in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada, he earned his degree at the University of Toronto 1908 and studied at University of Kansas. In 1913, he established Redmanol Chemical Products Company to produce a plastic (redmanol) similar to bakelite. The Redmanol company, the Condensite Company of America, and General Bakelite were consolidated in 1922 into the Bakelite Corporation. Redman was vice president and director of research and retired in 1939. He was a member of the American Chemical Society and its president in 1932.