Call Number:

025.003

Repository:

Science History Institute Archives

Extent:

1 linear feet (1 booklet; 7 pages)

Preferred Citation:

Streetlights Named Distinctive Scrapbook, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania..

Date:

undated

Form:

Archival materials and Scrapbooks

Abstract:

Upon completing his studies at Harvard University, where he worked under R.B. Woodward as a PhD candidate, Myron S. Simon went to work for the Polaroid Corporation as a research scientist in 1949. He retired from Polaroid in 1988 as Research Fellow and Associate Director of Organic Chemistry. In the intervening years he was awarded over seventy U.S. Patents in the field of instant color photography. He produced the first really effective cyan dye developer and the work of the opacification process that he carried out the direction of Stanley Bloom was an essential step in the development of the SX-70 instant color photography system. In addition to his work at Polaroid Corporation, Dr. Simon was an active member of the Northeastern Section of the ACS, becoming section chairman in 1985. In this capacity he sponsored Glenn Seaborg's proposal to end nuclear testing. He served on numerous ACS committees and was a co-editor of NUCLEUS. Dr. Simon was the founder of Image-Ination Associates and served as a consultant through 1996.