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...late 1930s. When combined with formaldehyde and exposed to extreme heat, melamine creates a moldable material that, when cooled, is virtually unbreakable and dishwasher-safe. This made it the durable dishware of choice on some U.S. Navy ships during World War II. After the war, designer Russel Wright and the St. Louis-based company Branchell, among others, developed molded dinnerware out of melamine, known as Melmac, designing sets under names like "Flair," "Fortiflex" and "Color-Flyte." Throughout the 1950s, as Americans started buying processed foods and washing machines, clamoring for anything that conveyed "modern," colorful melamine bowls and plates became...
...past decade or so, Melmac has become popular again, with collectors and savvy eBay dealers selling Wright and Branchell pieces, and new designers using the material for retro-themed household items...
...drive to increase career options was also a priority of Wright-Swadel, whose popularity among students was high throughout his tenure...
...Enter Amaker’s vaunted first recruiting class, led by stud prospects like Max Kenyi and Keith Wright...
Robin Mount, who has served at OCS for the past five years specializing in career planning for graduate programs in the arts and sciences, took over the office’s top position after 13-year veteran director William Wright-Swadel left Harvard for a similar job at Duke early in the summer...