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Seven years later, the first incarnation of Super Glue, called Eastman 910, hit the market.

Dr. Coover was born in Newark, Del., on March 6, 1917.

chemistry at Hobart College and then received a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University. He worked at the Eastman Kodak Company until he retired and then worked as a consultant. In 2004, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

Last year, President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Super Glue did not make Dr. Coover rich

C. Harold Smith was born in London, England in 1860 and lived for a while in New Zealand as a teenager until coming to the United States in 1878. He married Paula Smith and they had two children, Bertha B. Hillas and Sidney V. Smith. Harold Smith was known for being outgoing. He established business friendships all over the world while traveling, a pastime he enjoyed. He kept notes on his traveling, and used this in his later years in his writing. He wrote several fictional and philosophical books which aroused interest from the public, particularly his autobiography which gave a glimpse of his personal philosophy. He had an interest in philanthropy and organized discussions to pursue charitable actions. He was involved in civic organizations such as the Union League Club of New York, the Transportation Club, the Uptown Club, and the Hudson River Country Club. He died in 1931 at 71 years of age.

Career Details Smith first became interested in the carbon industry when he arrived in the United States of America in 1878. He spent the next several years acquiring knowledge of the industry and accumulating the capital to found his company. Smith was respected in the business community for his solid base of technical knowledge and was nicknamed “The Carbon King.” He founded Binney & Smith with Edwin Binney in the late 1800s.

Fred Joyner, found that the lenses of a refractometer had been glued together

appeared on the market in 1958,

American medics would spray superglue over open wounds to seal them until the soldiers could be transported to hospitals.

Coover was born in Newark, Delaware.

chemistry from Hobart College, and gained a master's and PhD from Cornell University, all in upstate New York, then went to work in 1944 for Eastman Kodak

1963, Eastman Kodak provided American Sealants with the formula for the adhesive,

Eastman 910.

he filed some 460 other patents, many of them hugely successful.

served on the board of the chemical company Reilly Industries

retired in 2004

inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame

2010 Coover received the national medal of technology and innovation from President Barack Obama.

Coover's wife, Muriel, died in 2005. He is survived by a daughter, Melinda, and two sons, Harry and Stephen. Melinda told the New York Times: "I think he got a kick out of being Mr Super Glue. Who doesn't love Super Glue?"

Harry Wesley Coover, research chemist, born 6 March 1917; died 26 March 2011

President Obama honored Mr. Coover in 2010 with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Mr. Coover led a team of chemists that became prolific patent holders, achieving more than 460.

organophosphate chemistry, the gasification of coal and of course, cyanoacrylate.

until 1951

he saw the adhesive's value

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Dr Coover held 460 patents by the end of his life, but Super Glue did not make him rich

born in Newark, Delaware

degree in chemistry from Hobart College in New York before getting a master's and PhD from Cornell University

found that when they spread it over two, very costly, lenses, it was impossible to pull them apart.

Saturday at his home in Kingsport, Tennessee, from congestive heart failure.