About Norman Gaylord
Lived 1923 – 2007 (aged 84). Norman Gaylord was an American chemist and engineer.
Norman Grant Gaylord (born Norman Gershon Goldstein; February 16, 1923 – September 18, 2007) was an American industrial chemist and research scientist. He was credited with playing a key role in the development of the gas-permeable rigid contact lens which allows oxygen to reach the wearer's cornea.
A native of Brooklyn, he was a graduate of City College and received his doctorate in polymer chemistry from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, now NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He legally changed his name in the 1940s. For his contribution to the production of lenses Gaylord received in 1985 Founder's Award from the American Academy of Optometry.
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Who was Norman Gaylord?
American inventor and chemist
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Norman Gaylord was born on 16 February 1923 in Brooklyn.
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Norman Gaylord died on 18 September 2007.
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Norman Gaylord was a chemist and engineer.
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Norman Gaylord was American.
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