Nissim Calderon (1 April 1933 – 24 February 2020)[1] was a Goodyear executive and scientist, noted for his introduction of olefin metathesis[2] in 1967.
[3][4] His work on olefin metathesis led to the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
[3] In 1967, he was promoted to Section Head of Elastomers Research Division.
Dr. Calderon held this position as an officer of the company for twelve years until his retirement.
Under Calderon's stewardship, Goodyear entered into four major CRADA programs with Sandia National Laboratories, focused on the development of modeling tools for predicting composite performance.