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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.

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

1951, while working for Eastman Kodak, Coover and another scientist, Fred Joyner rediscovered the material, which they called Eastman 910 and saw its commercial benefit.

Although Coover never actually financially capitalized on Super Glue

worked for the Eastman Kodak company until he retired

he held more than 460 patents

2004 he was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame and was honored by President Obama for his discovery last November with a National Medal of Science.

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.

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.

"The damn problem was everything was sticking to everything else," he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 2005. "We had a hard time using it in molds."

1951, Dr. Coover was testing a heat-resistant polymer for use in aircraft windshields when he remembered his encounter with cyanoacrylate.

droplet of the liquid

bonded the lenses of an expensive optical instrument

compound solidifies after coming into contact with trace amounts of moisture

extremely strong polymer layer between two surfaces.

1958 on an episode of the game show "I've Got a Secret,"

Eastman 910

aptly named because its fast-acting adhesive is effective by the count of 10

hoist Moore in the air as the host dangled from a set of glued pipes.

Eastman 910's remarkable strength and sticky quality led to a wide variety of applications.

used Super Glue to reduce scarring

1950s, it was used in the manufacturing of atomic weapons.

Dr. Coover was most proud of its application in the Vietnam War

Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was born March 6, 1917, in Newark, Del.

As a teenager, he was driving over a railroad crossing when his car was hit by a train, his family said. The accident sent Dr. Coover into a coma for several months. When he awoke, he had no memory of the crash or his life before he was 16

recovered and graduated in 1941 from Hobart College in Geneva, N.Y. He then attended Cornell University, where he received a master's degree in 1942 and a doctorate in 1944, both in chemistry.

Dr. Coover retired from Eastman Kodak as vice president in 1984

2010, President Obama awarded Dr. Coover the National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Dr. Coover held more than 460 patents

1983 movie "The Man Who Loved Women," Burt Reynolds and a tube of Instant Krazy Glue become stuck to a white shag carpet and a miniature dog named Simba.

the world’s first

air conditioning system in 1902

Carrier Engineering Corporation in 1915

Died October 7, 1950, in New York City

Hall of Fame in 1985

“100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century” in 1998