Norman Reginald Legge (20 April 1919 – 28 March 2004) was a Canadian researcher for the Shell Oil Company and pioneer of thermoplastic elastomers,[1] Kraton in particular.
[2] Legge was born on 20 April 1919 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
[3] Legge worked as a research chemist for Polymer Corporation (formerly Polysar Corp.) in Sarnia, Ontario (1945-1951).
[4] Later, he moved to Kentucky Synthetic Rubber Corporation as Director of Research in Louisville.
He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division.