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J. Paul Hogan
J. Paul Hogan was born on August 7, 1919 in Lowes, Kentucky. In 1951, he invented "crystalline polypropylene" and "high-density polyethylene" (HDPE) with his fellow research chemist Robert Banks . These plastics were initially known by the name Malex. He joined the Phillips Petroleum company in 1944 and worked there til he retired in 1985.
In 1987, he and Robert Banks together received the Perkin Medal Award.
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