Arthur Fry

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Arthur Fry (born 19 August 1931) is a retired American explorer and scientist.

He is credited with the co-creator of the Post-it Note, a 3M-produced piece of office stationery.

More than a hundred countries now have Post-it products as of 2006. Fry was born in Minnesota and later lived in Iowa and Kansas City.

He began his education in a one-room rural schoolhouse.

Fry started working at 3M (then called Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company) in 1953 as a new product research researcher while still enrolled in undergraduate classes.

He worked in new product development from 3M to his retirement in the early 1990s. He was born in 1974, and the product for which he is most well-known was named was born.

That year, Fry attended a lecture given by Spencer Silver, another 3M scientist, on a rare adhesive Silver had invented in 1968.

Silver's invention had an unusual molecular structure, yielding an adhesive that was strong enough to stick to objects but not strong enough to allow for a temporary bond.

Silver was still searching for a commercial use for his invention at the time. As the legend goes, Fry was at school when he unveiled the exceptional application.

On nights, Fry performed in his church choir, and he used slips of paper to mark the pages of his workbook.

The handmade bookmarks were often turned around or completely out of place when the book was opened.

It occurred to him that Silver's adhesive could be used to make a better bookmark on a Sunday in 1973.

If a bookmark could be coated on paper, Silver's adhesive would hold a bookmark in place without damaging the page on which it was placed. Fry wanted a sample of the adhesive the next day.

He began experimenting, coating just one corner of the paper so that the portion of a book would not be sticky.

Fry wrote notes to his boss using some of his experiments.

This led him to broaden his original idea into the form that became the Post-it Note.

Alan Amron, an ingenuity engineer, said he had introduced the idea to 3 million people and sued the company in subsequent years.

Life

Fry was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, and later lived in Iowa and Kansas City, Missouri. He began his early education in a one-room rural schoolhouse. Fry started as a product development researcher in 1953 while still enrolled in undergraduate classes. He worked in new product development from 3M to his retirement in the early 1990s.

In 1955, Fry earned a BS in chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota.

He was born in 1974 and is best known for the product for which he is most well-known. Fry attended a seminar in 1969 that was given by Spencer Silver, another 3M scientist, on a special adhesive that Silver had invented in 1968. Silver's creation had an unusual molecular structure, with an adhesive that was strong enough to stick to objects, but not strong enough to allow for a temporary bond. Silver was still searching for a commercial use for his invention at the time.

As the legend goes, Fry was at school when he made the correct choice. On nights, Fry performed in his church choir, and he used slips of paper to mark the pages of his workbook. The handmade bookmarks were often turned around or completely out of place when the book was opened, but they were never out entirely. Silver's adhesive was used by him on a Sunday in 1973, and he was impressed that it could be used to make a better bookmark. Silver's adhesive would hold a bookmark in place without damaging the page on which it was placed if it could be coated on paper.

Fry ordered a sample of the adhesive on the next day. He started experimenting, coating only one edge of the paper so that the portion of a book would not be sticky. Fry began writing notes to his manager, which expanded his original idea to include the innovative Post-it Note product.

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