Dr. Duffer Receives Child Award

Dr. Paul F. Duffer was the 2008 recipient of the Frank S. Child Award. Dr. Duffer recently retired from PPG Industries. He holds 10 patents in the field of glass interleaving materials and anti-corrosive packaging systems and has authored several articles on the topics of glass surface corrosion and concrete run-off damage to glass. He earned his MS and PhD degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Pittsburgh and completed his BS in Chemistry at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA. Dr. Duffer was President of SGCD during 2002-03.