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George Van Dyke Tiers is an industrial scientist noted for his fundamental work in the area of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), a long successful career at 3M as a scientist, and being one of the original contestants on Quiz Kids, a 1940s radio series that tested the knowledge of a panel of children under the age of 16.

His groundbreaking work in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, published in 1958, was the introduction of Tetra methylsilane as a standard internal proton NMR reference. This work further refined the NMR method, allowed improved distinction between chemical compounds, and is still used decades later.

Louis G. Cowan, the creator of Quiz Kids chose George, then known as Van Dyke, as one of the first group of contestants for the radio program in 1940. George answered the initial question asked on the first program by defining antimacassar correctly. George and the other children enjoyed a certain amount of celebrity while on the show and when aged 13 he stated "My real interest is chemistry and I already have my own lab at home. I don't think I would like to become an actor for I feel it would become a bore after a while."

Tiers obtained a PHD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Chicago and enjoyed a highly successful career at 3M being an inventor on more than 100 patents, mentoring many other scientists, and for numerous discoveries in fluorine chemistry.