Arthur Joseph Coury

Background

Coury, Arthur Joseph was born on December 5, 1940 in Coaldale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Arthur Anthony and Sophia Theresa (Korkmas) Coury.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, U. Delaware, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy of Organic Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1965; Master of Business Administration, University of Minnesota, 1980.

Career

Senior research chemist, General Mills Chemical, Inc., Minneapolis, 1965-1976; from senior staff scientist to director polymer technical, Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, 1976-1993; vice president research, Focal, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, 1993-1998; vice president, chief science officer, Focal, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, since 1998. Adjunct Professor department chemical engineering University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1989. Lecturer Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1994.

Vocational education instructor N. Hennepin Vo-Tec School, BrooklynPark, Minnesota, 1977-1988.

Achievements

• Arthur Joseph Coury has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Biomaterials (chairman devices and materials committee), American Chemical Society (chairman Minnesota section 1989-1990), Electrochemical Society, European Society Biomaterials.

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, travel, skiing, biking, arts.

Connections

Married Audrae RochelleStoebner, April 1, 1967 (divorced August 1990). Children: Christopher A., Timothy A. Married Mary Judith Howie, October 26, 1991.

Father:

Arthur Anthony Coury

Mother:

Sophia Theresa (Korkmas) Coury

Spouse:

Audrae RochelleStoebner

Spouse:

Mary Judith Howie

child:

Timothy A. Coury

child:

Christopher A. Coury