Simon, Walter O. (Walter Oswald), 1906-1994
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Walter O. Simon was born at Philadelphia on March 28, 1906, and graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from Swarthmore College in 1927. He joined E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company in April 1928, working first as a chemist in the Explosives Dept. and between 1936 and 1940 in the Acids Division of the Ammonia Dept. at the Belle Plant. During the war he worked in various positions in the Explosives Dept., ending as Plant Manager for TNX (DuPont's portion of the Manhattan Project) at Hanford. From 1945 to 1949 he was Plant Manager of the Buffalo Rayon Plant, after which he was transferred to Wilmington, retiring as General Manager of the Film Dept. on August 31, 1969. He died on August 28, 1994.
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Cellophane
Chemical industry
Cosmic rays
Explosives industry
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V-2 rocket
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