Wendell Ehrhart, retired senior principal scientist at Armstrong World Industries, died May 26, 2018, at the age of 83.
Ehrhart graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1956. He then earned a master’s degree in 1958 and a Ph.D. in 1961 in chemistry from Princeton.
He spent his entire career as a chemist at Armstrong, in Lancaster, Pa., retiring in 1992. Ehrhart is credited with 22 patents, and is most known for the “no-wax flooring” patent.
He is survived by his wife, Bonnie, whom he married in June 1958; two sons; two grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
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Graduate Class of 1961