Career
In particular, he was the inventor of the Garvey die for evaluating the extrusion quality of rubber compounds. Garvey was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at University of Illinois 1921, taught Chemistry at Episcopalian Boone University in Wuchang China for 3 years, then returned to complete his Mississippi in 1925.
He completed his Doctor of Philosophy in organic chemistry under James Bryant Conant at Harvard and then joined BF Goodrich in 1927.
In 1958, Garvey was Chairman of the American College of Surgeons Rubber Division.