Art+Fry

Art Fry
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 * ==== Born: August 9, 1931 ====
 * ==== Birthplace: Owatanna, MN ====
 * ==== Gender: Male ====
 * ==== Occupation: Chemist, Inventor ====
 * ==== Invention: Post-It notes ====
 * ==== Art Fry was a chemist at 3M, who in 1974 used an only-slightly sticky adhesive invented by Spencer Silver to secure bookmarks in his church hymnals. When the bookmarks were removed, they left a sticky residue on the hymnals' pages, so Fry messed with the chemical formula to make the adhesive even less sticky. Of course, Fry and Silver had invented "Post-It" notes, but it took several years for their supervisors at 3M to see the value in glue that did not stick well. Post-It notes were introduced in 1980, in 1985 sales topped $100M, and by 1998 annual sales of Post-It notes and other products based on Silver's adhesive generated a billion dollars in sales annually. Fry and Silver, being employees, never received any royalties, but in 1986 Fry was honored with the company's top technical title, corporate researcher. "My biggest reward," he said, "is to see so many people use and appreciate my product." ====
 * ==== Had three children ====
 * ==== University BS Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota  ====
 * ==== Died on October 4, 1999 at the age of 71 ====
 * Art lives in a St. Paul suburb and enjoys gardening, golf, tennis, skiing, cooking, reading, learning, and inventing



= __** Additional Facts: **__ =

= **When he first invented the post-it note he was trying to make paper that stuck to a surface and would be removable.** = = **He began experimenting, coating only one edge of the paper so that the portion extending from a book would not be sticky. Fry used some of his experiments to write notes to his boss. This use led him to broaden his original idea into the concept that became the __Post-it Note.__** =

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