Robert Gore

<html> <head> <title>Robert Gore</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/140/000272321/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>Robert GoreAKA Robert W. GoreBorn: <a href="/lists/623/000106305/" class=proflink>15-Apr</a>-<a href="/lists/936/000105621/" class=proflink>1937</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/692/000069485/" class=proflink>Salt Lake City, UT</a> Died: <a href="/lists/147/000106826/" class=proflink>17-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/330/000408103/" class=proflink>2020</a> Location of death: Undetermined Location, DE Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/627/000096339/" class=proflink>Chemist</a>, Business Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: Co-inventor of Gore-TexIn 1957, while still attending college, chemist Robert Gore developed a method adapting polytetrafluoroethylene resin (PTFE, commonly called Teflon) to create heavily-insulated wire and cable. This became a key product for W. L. Gore & Associates, the firm founded with his father in 1958. In 1973 he invented a process for making a porous form of PTFE, characterized by extremely high strength and porosity. His patent, granted in 1976, provided the foundation for the latter development of a waterproof laminate called expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), which is now trademarked as Gore-Tex. An ideal material for winter wear, ePTFE looks and feels like a smooth fabric but is actually comprised of a membrane with about nine-billion microscopic pores per square inch. These holes are many thousands of times smaller than a water droplet, but hundreds of times larger than a water-vapor molecule, a combination which effectively keeps moisture from rain or snow from penetrating the ePTFE fabric and reaching the wearer's skin, while also allowing perspiration to escape as it evaporates. Gore's invention also has applications in medical prosthesis, strings for musical instruments, and fuel cell design. Present-day media sources frequently cite Rowena Taylor and Gore's father, Wilbert Gore, as co-inventors of ePTFE, but the patent for the "waterproof article for use in, for example, protective clothing", filed in 1978 and granted in 1980, lists only Robert Gore and Samuel B. Allen, Jr as co-inventors. Gore's sister, Susan Gore Otto, made headlines by adopting her ex-husband as her son in 2003, a move (currently being challenged in court) which seems intended to gain a larger share of the family's wealth, which, per their father's will, is split evenly among the elder Gore's grandchildren. Gore's stepson, <a href="/people/525/000257751/">Chris Coons</a>, is a US Senator from Delaware. Father: Wilbert Gore (chemist, founder of W. L. Gore & Associates, b. 1912, d. 1986) Mother: Genevieve Gore ("Vieve", b. 1916, m. 1935, d. 2005) Brother: David Gore Sister: Elizabeth Gore Snyder Sister: Ginger Gore Giovale Sister: Susan Gore Otto Wife: Sarah Gore (div.) Wife: Mary Coons Gore Son: <a href="/people/525/000257751/">Chris Coons</a> (stepson, US Senator) Son: Steve Coons (stepson) Son: Tom Coons (stepson, W. L. Gore & Associates executive) Wife: Jane (until his death)     High School: Newark High School, Wilmington, DE (1955)     University: <a href="/edu/611/000082365/">BS Chemistry, University of Delaware (1959)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/397/000165899/">MS Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth (1961)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/397/000165899/">PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth (1964)</a>     W. L. Gore & Associates President & CEO (1976-2000)     W. L. Gore & Associates Chemist (1963-76)     Member of the Board of W. L. Gore & Associates (1961-)     SCI Sir William H. Perkin Medal 2005     <a href="/honors/032/000111696/">National Inventors Hall of Fame</a> 2006     <a href="/org/419/000171903/">American Institute of Chemical Engineers</a>     <a href="/org/781/000167280/">Gore 2000</a>     <a href="/org/291/000173769/">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a>     FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR     <a href="/films/014/000173492/">Super High Me (20-Apr-2008)</a> · Himself <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=272321"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=272321">Robert Gore</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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