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Lee named TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award winner
Published 10:33 am EDT, Thursday, May 31, 2012
Dr. Do lk Lee, adjunct professor, Western Michigan University, has been named the recipient of TAPPI's 2012 Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award.
The award is the highest honor that the association can bestow upon an individual.
"TAPPI is pleased to announce Dr. Lee as the recipient of this prestigious award in recognition of his many important contributions to latex technology research, development and applications," said Larry N. Montague, president and CEO of TAPPI. "During a long and distinguished career he has made notable contributions that have been of great benefit to the industry and advanced the knowledge, science and use of this key coating and papermaking technology. He's served the industry, TAPPI and its members with great integrity and distinction in many roles."
Lee joined The Dow Chemical Co. in 1967 and retired from Dow in 2002. Currently he is adjunct professor in the Department of Paper Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Imaging at Western Michigan. Lee has been also teaching latex technology at the annual Lehigh University and Davos (European) short courses on "Advances in Emulsion Polymerization and Latex Technology." He serves as scientific adviser for EcoSynthetix Inc., producing renewable biopolymer-based nanoparticle latexes for paper coating and adhesives applications.
His research interests include all aspects of latex technology, emulsion polymerization, dispersion rheology, paper coating technology, and many others. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and made numerous presentations. He holds 27 U.S. and more than 100 international patents.
Dr. Lee was awarded the 1986 TAPPI Coating & Graphic Arts Division Award and the Charles W. Engelhard Medallion and was named a TAPPI Fellow in 1991. He received The American Chemical Society Midland Section Award for Outstanding Advancement and Promotion of Chemical Sciences in 1989. He has received the Korea TAPPI Distinguished Service Award and was elected one of the first two inductees into the Dow Latex Hall of Fame.