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Joseph Clois Shivers Jr. (November 29, 1920 – September 1, 2014) was an American textile chemist who was based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for his role in the structural development of Spandex, a thermoplastic elastomer, in the 1950s, while employed at DuPont. He was married to Margaret Warren Shivers, originally from Ohio; with her he had three children. In his leisure time, he enjoyed woodworking and wine tasting. He was a member of the fraternity Phi Beta Kappa as well as the American Chemical Society. On September 1, 2014, Shivers died in Venice, Florida.

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  • Joseph Shivers (né le 29 novembre 1920, mort le 1er septembre 2014) est un chimiste américain de West Chester (Pennsylvanie), connu pour son rôle dans le développement et la mise au point dans les années 1950 du Spandex ou Lycra (Élasthanne), un élastomère, alors qu'il travaillait pour la firme DuPont. (fr)
  • Joseph Clois Shivers (ur. 29 listopada 1920 w , 1 września 2014) – amerykański chemik, doktor chemii (absolwent Duke University). W czasie II wojny światowej pracował nad syntetycznymi włóknami użytecznymi w zwalczaniu malarii. Od 1946 roku pracownik firmy DuPont, zajmował się włóknami syntetycznymi, wynalazł lycrę (spandex) w 1949 roku. (pl)
  • Joseph Clois Shivers, ml. (29. listopadu 1920 – 1. září 2014) byl americkým textilním chemikem, který roku 1950, když pracoval pro DuPont, vynalezl termoplastický elastomer, dnes známý jako Lycra. Shivers se narodil v roce 1920 v Marltonu v New Jersey. V roce 1940 vystudoval na Duke University organickou chemii a získal tituly B.Sc., MA a Ph.D. V průběhu druhé světové války ještě jako student paticipoval na výrobě léku proti malárii pro vojáky v zámoří. Od roku 1946 začal pracovat pro firmu DuPont jako výzkumný pracovník na úseku vývoje polymerů. Poté, co se podílel i na jiných polyesterových projektech, se Shivers připojil k výzkumnému úkolu, který usiloval o vynalezení syntetického elastomeru. Přestože byl projekt pozastaven, Shiversovi se podařil v roce 1950 průlom, když se pokusil o (cs)
  • Joseph Clois Shivers Jr. (November 29, 1920 – September 1, 2014) was an American textile chemist who was based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for his role in the structural development of Spandex, a thermoplastic elastomer, in the 1950s, while employed at DuPont. He was married to Margaret Warren Shivers, originally from Ohio; with her he had three children. In his leisure time, he enjoyed woodworking and wine tasting. He was a member of the fraternity Phi Beta Kappa as well as the American Chemical Society. On September 1, 2014, Shivers died in Venice, Florida. (en)
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