Obituary: Reynold Cluff Merrill Jr., Ph.D., M.D.

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: February 28, 2004 | Copyright information

"RC"

Reynold Cluff Merrill Jr. passed away February 25, 2004 at the University of Utah Hospital.

Born May 5, 1920 in Richmond, Utah to Reynold Cluff and Ann Little Merrill. RC was blessed with intelligence and a love of science. He entered college at the age of 16, earned a BA from Utah State University in 1940 and a Ph.D. in colloidal chemistry from Stanford University in 1943, when he was only 23 years old. RC supported the war effort as a research scientist, first at the Weste...