J. Harry DuBois
Consultant
Inducted 1973
J. Harry DuBois (1903 – 1986) was an industrial consultant in the field of petrochemicals and plastics and the author of several important studies on the history and technology of plastics. Born September 18, 1903, in Clarion, Iowa, DuBois began his career in the plastics industry at General Electric in 1927.
His development work resulted in the expanded use of laminated thermoset plastics. While working in GE’s molding division, he pioneered work on compression molded acetates, injection molding process developments, radome development, and the low-pressure laminate process.
In 1944, DuBois moved to Shaw Insulator Company, eventually moving on to Plax Corporation. He then became vice president of Mycalex Corporation of America’s vice president of Tech Art Plastics from 1960 to 1965.
He founded J. Harry DuBois Co. in 1958, a plastics consulting firm. In 1965, DuBois became president of Molecular Dielectrics Inc. and became president of Mykroy Ceramics Corporation in 1972 until his retirement.
DuBois was an active member of the Society of the Plastics Industry (now PLASTICS) and the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). He served as the President of SPE in 1948. DuBois was a popular author and lecturer. His first book, Plastics, published by the American Technical Society in 1942, has gone through five editions and was used extensively as a fundamental plastics text and reference book for schools, colleges, and in-plant training programs. Other works include Plastics Mold Engineering (Reinhold Publishing Corporation, rev. ed. 1965) and Plastics History U.S.A. (Cahners Publishing, 1972). DuBois’s personnel papers and company records are held at the Smithsonian Institution and the Plastics Center at Syracuse University.
Areas of Expertise:
Plastic processing, Plastic management, Plastic sales
Related Links:
DuBois Papers, Syracuse University,
http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/d/dubois_jh.htm