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Robert H. Wentorf Jr. was an American physicist and materials scientist. He was a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He was best known for his work on the development of diamond-like carbon (DLC) and its applications in industry. Wentorf was born in West Bend, Wisconsin, and received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1948. He then went on to earn his master's degree in physics from the University of Illinois in 1950 and his doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago in 1954. Wentorf was a professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern University from 1954 to 1991. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Physical Society. He was also a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Materials Research Society. Wentorf was the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 1991, the Materials Research Society Medal in 1992, and the National Academy of Engineering Charles Stark Draper Prize in 1993. At the time of his death in 2017, Wentorf was 91 years old.

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 28 May 1926
Birthday 28 May
Birthplace West Bend, Wisconsin
Date of death (1997-04-03) Easton, New York
Died Place Easton, New York
Nationality United States

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1965

Wentorf received many honors for his work, including the American Chemical Society's Ipatieff Prize in 1965, the American Society for Metals' Engineering Materials Achievement Award in 1973, Eastern New York Patent Law Association's Inventor of the Year Award in 1975 (with Bill Rocco), the American Physical Society's International Prize for New Materials in 1977 (with his colleagues, Francis P. Bundy, H. Tracy Hall, and Herbert M. Strong, in the high pressure team), the Industrial Research Institute's Achievement Award in 1977, and three IR-100 awards. In 1986, he also received the Man-of-the-Year Award of the Abrasive Engineering Society for contributions to abrasives and grinding technology; he was specifically cited for his invention and development of Borazon.

1926

Robert H. Wentorf Jr. (May 28, 1926, in West Bend, Wis. – April 3, 1997, in Easton, N.Y.) was a staff scientist at General Electric Corporate Research and Development Laboratory in Schenectady, N.Y. and a professor of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.