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Stephanie L. Kwolek
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Stephanie L. Kwolek

1923 – 2014 · aged 91

American chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)

Born
31 Jul 1923 · New Kensington
Died
18 Jun 2014 · Wilmington
Part ofPoland967 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 105 years
  1. 31 Jul 1923BornBorn in New Kensington
  2. 1976AwardHoward N. Potts Medal
  3. 1980AwardACS Award for Creative Invention
  4. 1980AwardChemical Pioneer Award
  5. 1986AwardNational Medal of Technology and Innovation
  6. 1995AwardLavoisier Medal for Lifetime Technical Achievement
  7. 1995AwardNational Inventors Hall of Fame
  8. 1996AwardWomen in Technology Hall of Fame
  9. 1997AwardIRI Achievement Award
  10. 1997AwardPerkin Medal
  11. 1999AwardLemelson–MIT Prize
  12. 2003AwardNational Women's Hall of Fame
  13. 2014AwardHall of Fame of Delaware Women
  14. 18 Jun 2014DiedDied in Wilmington

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1923 – 2014).

  1. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  2. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  4. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  5. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1938Munich Agreement
  7. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  8. 1939 – 1945World War II
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  21. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  22. 1956Suez Crisis
  23. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  25. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  27. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  29. 1968Prague Spring
  30. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  31. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  32. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  33. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  35. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  36. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  37. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  38. 1985Schengen Agreement
  39. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  40. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall

Biography

Stephanie Louise Kwolek (July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was a Polish-American chemist known for inventing Kevlar (poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide). Her career at the DuPont company spanned more than 40 years.

For her discovery, Kwolek was awarded the DuPont company's Lavoisier Medal for outstanding technical achievement. Before 2021, she was the only female employee to have received that honor. In 1995 she became the fourth woman to be added to the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Kwolek won numerous awards for her work in polymer chemistry, including the National Medal of Technology, the IRI Achievement Award and the Perkin Medal.

Text from the Wikipedia article Stephanie Kwolek, CC BY-SA 4.0

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