ROBERT PARRY DIES AT 89

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ROBERT W. PARRY, 89, distinguished professor of chemistry, emeritus, at the University of died on Dec. 1 from a stroke suffered on Nov. 23. Colleagues describe the inorganic chemist's 60-year career as combining excellence in education, research, service to the American Chemical Society, and advancement of the profession. was a true scholar and a gentleman, says Peter B. Armentrout, Utah's current chemistry chair. A real class act. Together with Henry Eyring and Cheves Walling, Parry played a key role in the growth and development of chemistry at Utah, says Peter Stang, who is also a professor there as well as editor of the Journal of the American Chemical Society . Born and raised in Parry graduated with a B.S. in soil chemistry in 1940 from Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University). He received a master's degree in soil science from Cornell University in 1942 and a ...