ROBERT W. POOLEY ’42

ROBERT W. POOLEY, a plastics research and development chemist, died Jan. 21, 2011, at age 90. He was a member of Sigma Chi and the half-brother of the late Arthur B. Vincent of the class of 1936. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he joined the Ball Band Company, which later merged with Uniroyal, Inc. He held several patents, including the invention and development of Ensolite and an extruded plastic popularly used in canoes. He retired from Uniroyal in 1982 as the corporate laboratory manager in the plastics research and development division. Among those who survive are his wife, Viola Troyer, two children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.