Ed Dunlop passed away April 26th at age 95. Eleanor Dunlop, his wife, died May 29th at age 90. They had both resided at Cokesbury Village in Hockessin, DE.
Ed was born in Center, MO and graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, MO and the University of Illinois where he received his PhD. He retired as Research Manager of the Physical and Analytical Division of Central Research and Development after almost 39 years at E. I. DuPont. During WW II, he was assigned to the Manhattan Project at Hanford, Washington.
Dr. Dunlop was a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and has been a member of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM), The American Institute of Chemists and the Chemical Society. He was national chairman of the Analytical Chemistry Division of the ACS, as well as chairman of the Delaware Section of ACS, and the Delaware Valley section of SAS. He was one of the founders of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS). He also served on advisory panels for the National Bureau of Standards, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Winterthur Museum. He was a 50 year member of the DuPont Country Club where he enjoyed playing tennis.