Robert Luther Flurry, Jr. (November 15, 1933 - September 3, 2008) was a chemistry professor and researcher who authored three chemistry textbooks. After serving in the U.S. Navy as a musician, he received his B.A., M.S., and Ph.D. from Emory University and completed his post-doctoral studies at Illinois Institute of Technology. In 1962 he joined the faculty of the University of New Orleans and stayed there until his retirement. Flurry died of complications from Parkinson's disease.[1]