The Washington Post, January 30th, 1996
William Edward Hanford, 87, an industrial chemist who was an inventor in the 1930s of polyurethane, the material now put to such diverse uses as foam padding, upholstery, carpeting and artificial hearts, died of a heart attack Jan. 27 at the Fernwood nursing home in Bethesda. He had lived in Bethesda since 1970. With Donald Holmes and other chemists at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Dr. Hanford discovered the basic broad chemistry of polyurethanes, opening a new field of industrial chemistry that led to synthetic foams, fibers and composite materials. More than 6 billion pounds of polyurethane...
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