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W. Lincoln Hawkins
W. Lincoln Hawkins
Pages 114-119
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He was assistant director of the Chemical Research Laboratory at the time of his retirement. From 1976 to 1983 he was director of research of the Plastics Institute of America and was also active as an independent materials consultant and an expert witness.
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Beyond these empirical aging tests, Hawkins and his colleagues worked actively on understanding the chemistry of the oxidation process and explaining the surprising synergism of the antioxidant and carbon black. He explored the chemically effective structures for polyolefin stabilization and enriched our knowledge of the basic processes.
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Julian Award of the National Organization of Black Chemists, the International Award of the Societ,v of Plastics Engineers, the Honor Scroll of the American Institute of Chemists, and the Achievement Award of the Los Angeles Council of Black Professional Engineers. He received honorary doctorates from Montclair State College, Stevens Institute of Technology, Kean State College, and Howard University.
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Beyond the singular history outlined above, Hawkins was chairman of the North Jersey Section (the largest) of the American Chemical Society and was a national councilor of the ACS for twenty-f~ve years.
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It is a matter of ultimate satisfaction that Linc Hawkins, grandson of a slave and educated in segregated schools, stood in the Rose Garden of the White House to receive from the president the highest honor the nation has to offer an engineer.
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