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Robert Hayes Gore
American politician
For other people named Robert Gore, see Robert Gore (disambiguation).
Robert Hayes Gore (May 24, 1886 – December 26, 1972) was an American politician and successful newspaper publisher who was appointed as the governor of Puerto Rico, serving from July 1933 to January 1934.
Early life
[edit]He was born in Knottsville, Kentucky and attended local schools. He became a newspaper writer after being fascinated by papers as a boy.
Marriage and family
[edit]Gore married and he and his wife had nine children.
Newspaper career
[edit]He went on to become an editor-publisher in the Scripps chain, soon heading newspapers in Evansville, Indiana, and Terre Haute, Indiana. While the editor-publisher of the Terre Haute Post, Gore conceived the idea of "giving away" $1,000 travel life insurance policies with new newspaper subscriptions. After securing an underwriter, Gore took his program nationwide. Within a year, he was worth just over
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Robert W. Gore
American scientist and businessman (1937–2020)
Robert W. Gore (April 15, 1937 – September 17, 2020) was an American engineer and scientist, inventor and businessman. Gore led his family's company, W. L. Gore & Associates, in developing applications of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) ranging from computer cables to medical equipment to the outer layer of space suits.[1][2] His most significant breakthrough was likely the invention of Gore-Tex, a waterproof and breathable fabric popularly known for its use in sporting and outdoor gear.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Robert Gore was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 15, 1937, to Wilbert "Bill" and Genevieve "Vieve" Gore.[4] His family relocated to near Newark, Delaware in 1950, to be near his father's work at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. The Gore family stayed with friends for several months while Bob's father built their house.
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During a series of failed experiments in 1969, Robert Gore became frustrated and gave a hard yank to a heated rod of the polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). The result revolutionized a range of fields from clothing to defense to medicin, and would make his company a household name.
Bob Gore (1937–2020) discovered that PTFE could be transformed into an entirely new physical state. His upptäckt, known as expanded PTFE, or ePTFE, led to a new direction in materials science and resulted in such well-known products as Gore-Tex fabric and ELIXIR gitarr strings. Waterproof, windproof, and breathable, Gore-Tex fabric has revolutionized performance outerwear for outdoor enthusiasts, and ELIXIR strings are widely considered the pionjär in coated guitar-string technology.
Early Life
Gore was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, the first of fem children. His father, Wilbert (Bill) Gore, a kemikalie engineer, entered the DuPont workforce during World War II at its Remington Arms plant in inom