List of Famous people with last name Kwolek

Stephanie L. Kwolek

First Name Stephanie

Born on July 31, 1923

Died on June 18, 2014 (aged 90)

Born in United States of America, Pennsylvania

Stephanie Louise Kwolek was an American chemist who is known for inventing Kevlar. She was of Polish heritage and her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years. She discovered the first of a family of synthetic fibers of exceptional strength and stiffness: poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide.

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