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James Daniel D'Ianni was a scientist at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company noted for his contributions in the development of synthetic rubber.
D'Ianni spent his entire career with Goodyear, except for a leave of absence he took in 1946 to serve as chief of the polymer research branch of the Office of Rubber Reserve in Washington, D.C. In 1978, he retired from Goodyear as Director of Research.
D'Ianni was a member of the American Chemical Society and the National Academy of Sciences. He served as president of The ACS in addition to serving as head of its rubber division. He was the first ACS President to travel to China in that capacity. In 1977, the ACS Rubber Division honored D'Ianni with the Charles Goodyear Medal.
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