O. R. Sweeney

1884 – 1958

• Cornstalks as an industrial raw material
• Experimental studies on the production of insulating board from cornstalks
• Furfural utilization studies
• Manufacture of insulating board from cornstalks
• Moisture relations in the manufacture and use of cornstalk insulating board
• Plastics from agricultural materials
• Studies on the manufacture of insulating board
• The production of paper from cornstalks