First name
LeRoyLast name
EyringAcademic unit
The College of Liberal Arts and SciencesStatus
DeceasedType of professor
Regents ProfessorYear
1988Bio summary
Eyring was recruited to ASU in 1961 as the chairman of the then Chemistry Department, where he founded the LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science. Eyring is recognized as the authority on rare earth oxides, a collection of chemical elements, including scandium, yttrium and lanthanide series, materials now used in metallurgy, electronics, ceramics, lasers and more.