Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Robert Howard Grubbs

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

Photographed By Brandon D Cross

1. Robert Howard Grubbs Marker

Inscription. Robert Howard Grubbs
1942 -
Gainesville

University of Florida graduate and Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology, for contributions in the field of chemistry that have led to the creation of practical, sustainable new materials in medicine and the plastics industry. Recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Inducted October 2, 2015

Erected 2015 by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Science & Medicine.

Location. 28° 3.438′ N, 82° 24.925′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. Marker can be reached from USF Alumni Drive, 0.1 miles west of Leroy Collins Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is located at the USF Research Park on the University of South Florida, Tampa campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa FL 33612, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Joshua Rokach (here, next to this marker); Herbert Wertheim (here, next to this marker); Nan-Yao Su (here, next

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to this marker); Israel J. Morejon (here, next to this marker); Jerry Pratt (here, next to this marker); Paul R. Sanberg (here, next to this marker); Jean-Francois Rossignol (here, next to this marker); Sara Blakely (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.

Also see . . .
1. Robert Howard Grubbs, Ph.D. (Submitted on May 6, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Honoring the Greatest Florida Inventors. (Submitted on May 6, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)

Photographed By Brandon D Cross

2. Robert Howard Grubbs Marker

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Photographed By Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

3. Robert Howard Grubbs

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 32 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 6, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.