Guy C. Berry papers
Content Description
5 boxes of lectures, research notes, correspondence, and other materials related to his polymer research, as well as his time as a faculty member of Mellon College of Science. Professor Berry is widely recognized as a leader in rheology and light scattering of polymers. Rheology, a branch of mechanics, is the study of those properties of materials that determine their response to mechanical force. After earning his doctoral degree in 1960 he accepted an appointment as a Fellow at Mellon Institute to work on the light scattering studies of dilute solutions of polymers. He became a senior Fellow of the Mellon Institute in 1965 and joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon when Mellon Institute merged with the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1967. He was promoted to professor in 1973 and became a University Professor in 2001. During his tenure at the university Berry was head of the Chemistry Department and acting dean of the Mellon College of Science. He developed and directed the polymer science curriculum, which has been used by students from various departments and colleges over the past 25 years.
Acquisition Type
Gift
Provenance
donated by Guy C. Berry in January and April 2022
Restrictions Apply
No
Extent
5 Linear feet (5 boxes)
Inventory
Box 1: Lectures and miscellaneous; Box 2: correspondence, Mellon College of Science newsletters, Crucible newsletters; Box 3: correspondence, meeting notes, research; Box 4: correspondence and research related to consulting; Box 5: reports from Air Force Materials Laboratory research.