OBIT: Gerald HAYWOOD, 1956, of interest in Blair County, PA

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DR. GERALD HAYWOOD  

  Dr. Gerald Haywood, 59, Technical Assistant to the Manager of 
Technological Research and Development for West Virginia Pulp and Paper 
Company and one of the nation's leading authorities on cellulose 
chemistry, died Sunday at the Potomac Valley Hospital, Keyser, West 
Virginia, after a brief illness.
  A requiem mass will be held at 9:30 A.M. Wednesday, January 11, at 
St. Peter's of Chains Roman Catholic Church in Westernport, Maryland.
  Active in the Paper Company's Research and Development program for 
more than 40 years, Dr. Haywood held a number of important patents in 
the field of pulp and paper manufacture. His outstanding contributions 
were in the development of machine coating of paper and the use of 
pigments in papers fillers and coating formulations.  
  In recognition of his work in the field of cellulose chemistry, Dr. 
Haywood was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Centre 
College in 1952.  
  He began his career with the Paper Company in 1914 when he was 
employed as a helper in the Company Laboratory at Luke, Maryland, after 
graduating from High School.  In this job, he attracted the attention 
of Dr. Viggo Drewsen noted cellulose chemist, who then headed the 
Company's research, activities.  For years, Dr. Haywood worked under 
Dr. Drewsen's direction in the New York Laboratory of the Company. For 
four years during this period, he attended night science courses at 
Columbia University.  
  In 1930, he returned to Luke to direct the Company's research in the 
conversion coating of paper, a new field.  His investigations led to 
two patents on the Bar Method of coating, now widely used in the 
industry. His range of activity grew to cover the entire field of 
cellulose chemistry, and in 1953, he was named Director of The Luke 
Research Laboratory of the Company. He was promoted to Technical 
Assistant for all of the Company's Research and Development activities 
in March 1955, with headquarters at the Luke Mill.
  He was a member of the Fundamental Research Committee and the Coding 
Committee of the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry 
and a member of the American Chemical Society and American Association 
for the Advancement of Science.
  Dr. Haywood is survived by the widow, Mrs. Margaret McGreevy Haywood 
of Luke, Maryland, five sons, five brothers and a sister.

Tyrone Daily Herald, Tyrone, Pa., January 10, 1956