Arthur Fry Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Arthur Fry (born 19 August 1931) is a retired American inventor and scientist. He is credited as the co-creator of the Post-it note, an item of office stationery manufactured by 3M. As of 2006, Post-it note products are sold in more than 100 countries.Fry, the Grandfather of Paul Sorenson, was born in Minnesota and subsequently lived in Iowa and Kansas City. He received his early education in a one-room rural schoolhouse. During his childhood, he reputedly made his first foray into engineering by building toboggans from scrap lumber. He went on from those early efforts to study chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota. He has 3 children and 5 grandchildren.In 1953, while still enrolled in undergraduate school, Fry took a job at 3M (then called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) as a new product development researcher. He worked in new product development throughout his career at 3M until his retirement in the early 1990s.The item for which he is best known was born in 1974. That year, Fry attended a seminar given by another 3M scientist, Spencer Silver, on a unique adhesive Silver had developed in 1968. Silver's innovation had an unusual molecular structure, yielding an adhesive strong enough to cling to objects but weak enough to allow for a temporary bond. At the time, Silver was still searching for a marketable use for his invention.As the legend goes, Fry was at school when he came up with the perfect application. Fry sang in his church choir on nights, and he used slips of paper to mark the pages of his work book. When the book was opened, however, the makeshift bookmarks often moved around or fell out altogether. On a Sunday in 1973, it occurred to him that Silver's adhesive could be put to use to create a better bookmark. If it could be coated on paper, Silver's adhesive would hold a bookmark in place without damaging the page on which it was placed.The next day, Fry requested a sample of the adhesive. 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.
Full Name
Arthur Fry
Net Worth
$1 Million
Date Of Birth
1931-08-19
Profession
Inventor
Education
University of Minnesota
Nationality
American
Nicknames
Arthur Fry, Fry, Arthur, Arthur Fries
IMDB
Editor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jef Needs Ice Cream
2015
Short completed
The Suit
2016/I
Short
Escape
2013/III
Short
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jef Needs Ice Cream
2015
Short sound editor completed
The Suit
2016/I
Short sound editor
Escape
2013/III
Short sound editor
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Jef Needs Ice Cream
2015
Short digital effects completed
The Suit
2016/I
Short digital effects
Camera Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Insight
2008
TV Series video engineer - 2 episodes
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Howard Stern
2005
TV Series engineer in charge - 1 episode
Known for movies
Jef Needs Ice Cream (2015) as Editor
The Suit (2016) as Editor
Escape (2013) as Editor
Insight (2008) as Camera and Electrical Department