| LC control no. | n 2006080198 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-2014 |
| Birth date | 19230731 |
| Death date | 20140618 |
| Place of birth | New Kensington (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Wilmington (Del.) |
| Field of activity | Textile chemistry Polymers Polyphenyleneterephthalamide |
| Affiliation | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company |
| Profession or occupation | Industrial chemists |
| Found in | Wyckoff, Edwin Brit. Stephanie Kwolek, c2007: ECIP t.p. (Stephanie Kwolek) ECIP prelims (b. July 31, 1923; worked as chemist for DuPont) American men and women of science, 15th ed., v. 4: p. 525 (Kwolek, Stephanie Louise; b. July 31, 1923 at New Kensington, Pa.; chemist) E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records: (Stephanie Kwolek; Stephanie L. Kwolek; chemist with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. at Pioneering Research Laboratory, 1946-86; her discoveries led to the production of Kevlar) New York times (online), viewed June 24, 2014 (in obituary published June 20: Stephanie L. Kwolek; b. Stephanie Louise Kwolek, July 31, 1923, New Kensington, Pa.; d. Wednesday [June 18, 2014], Wilmington, Del., aged 90; DuPont chemist who invented the technology behind Kevlar, a virtually bulletproof fiber that has saved thousands of lives) |
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