Robert Franklin Mehl

Robert Franklin Mehl (March 30, 1898 – January 29, 1976) was an American metallurgist. [1] [2] Mehl was noted for transforming of nineteenth-century metallurgy into the modern materials science.[2] He was the founder and the head of a division of Physical metallurgy at the Naval Research Laboratory and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[2] The American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers established a gold medal award in his name in 1973.[1] [3]

Notable awards, distinctions and honors

Life and career

Mehl was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He graduate from Franklin and Marshall College in 1919. Mehl received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry and metallurgy from Princeton University in 1924.[1][2]

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