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March 10, 1908 — Oct. 1, 1984Dr. Frank Soday was a chemist who spent his childhood in Harrisville.He graduated from Grove City College with a degree in chemical engineering and from Ohio State University with a master of science in chemistry degree and a doctor of philosophy degree.He also was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from GCC in 1956.Soday owns over 125 U.S. patents. He helped to develop applications of synthetic fiber, Astro Turf, civilian gas masks and the first successful artificial artery.Soday was awarded the Herty Medal in 1955 for outstanding contributions to the field of chemistry.Soday was also an avocational archaeologist. He researched two of the largest Paleoindian sites in the country.He studied the Shoop Site (36DA20) in Dauphin County, Pa., and in 1951, while working for Chemstrand Corp. (now Monsanto), discovered the Quad Site in Limestone County near Decatur, Ala.In 1954, he helped form the Alabama Archaeological Society and served as its first president.Upon his death in 1984, Soday's collection became curated by the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, Okla.
