Stephanie Kwolek Innovative Lives Presentation

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Stephanie Kwolek Innovative Lives Presentation

1996 March 25

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This collection consists of two and one half hours of original (BetaCam SP), master (BetaCam SP) and reference (viewing) copies (VHS), documenting a lecture program for children on March 25, 1996 by Stephanie Kwolek, inventor of Kevlar. Kwolek discusses her invention of Kevlar as well as her background and life experiences.

0.45 Cubic feet (3 boxes)

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National Museum of American History (U.S.). Archives Center

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Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.

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Kwolek, Stephanie, 1923-

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Born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania on 31 July 1923. Education: B.S., Chemistry, Carnegie-Mellon University (1946). Employment: 1946- E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc.; 1986- National Academy of Sciences, Research Council. From the description of Oral history interview with Stephanie L. Kwolek 1998 March 21 (Chemical Heritage Foundation). WorldCat record id: 316216702 ...