Herbert Newby McCoy was a chemist who taught at the University of Chicago and the University of Utah and was the vice-president of Lindsay Light & Chemical Company. He wrote Introduction to General Chemistry (1919) with his wife-to-be, Ethel Terry and contributed to numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths.

Background

• McCoy was born in Richmond, Indiana, on June 29, 1870
• BS (1892) and MS (1893), Purdue University
• Ph.D, University of Chicago, 1898
• Assistant professor, University of Utah, 1899–1901
• Taught at University of Chicago, 1901–17
• Became vice-president, Lindsay Light & Chemical Company, in 1919
• President of Carnotite Reduction Company in Chicago
• Wrote Introduction to General Chemistry (1919) with his wife-to-be, Ethel Terry
• Contributed to numerous papers on physical chemistry, radioactivity and rare earths
• Awarded Willard Gibbs medal
  Willard Gibbs Award
  The Willard Gibbs Award, which consists of an eighteen-carat gold medal, the Willard Gibbs Medal, was founded in 1910 by William A. Converse. The medal was named after J. Willard Gibbs. The award recognizes "eminent chemists who .....
  
  , 1937
• Died May 7, 1945 Los Angeles, California.
• The Herbert Newby McCoy Award was established in 1964 by Mrs. Ethel Terry McCoy in honor of her husband.