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Obituaries

Obituary: Nobuyuki Nakajima

by Linda Wang
February 22, 2020 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 98, Issue 8

 

Nobuyuki Nakajima, 95, died on Sept. 19, 2019, in Amherst, Massachusetts.

“Nobu was intellectually curious and worked until the end of his life researching and writing in his field, which focused on the rheology of elastomers, mixing and compounding of elastomers, and rheology of poly(vinyl chloride) plastisols. He worked in industry at Osaka Gas, W. R. Grace, Allied Chemical, and BFGoodrich before joining the University of Akron. Nobu published widely and in 1999 wrote a book summarizing his work, The Science and Practice of Rubber Mixing. He was an avid skier, figure skater, and hiker. He enjoyed the arts and traveling with his family to his native Japan.”—Eric Nakajima, son

Most recent title: Professor of polymer engineering, University of Akron

Education: BS, chemistry, University of Tokyo, 1945; MS, chemistry, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1955; PhD, chemistry, Case Institute of Technology, 1958

Survivors: Daughter, Leslie; sons, Charles and Eric

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