Professor Leslie Ronald George Treloar, OBE (30 July 1906[1] – 18 March 1985) was a leading figure in the science of rubber and elasticity,[2] and writer of a number of influential texts.
Leslie Treloar graduated in Physics from University College, Reading, in 1927 and subsequently joined GEC.
[2] After working for GEC he moved to the British Rubber Producers Research Association.
He worked briefly at the Telecommunications Research Establishment during World War II.
[3] He was awarded the Colwyn Medal "for outstanding services to the rubber industry of a scientific, technical or engineering character" in 1961, and the Swinburne Award for his "outstanding contribution to the advancement and knowledge of any field related to the science, engineering or technology of plastics" in 1970.