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Stephanie Kwolek
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Stephanie Louise Kwolek
July 31, 1923 New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Died | June 18, 2014 (aged 90) Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Known for | Kevlar |
| Awards | DuPont company's Lavoisier Medal (1995) National Medal of Technology Perkin Medal (1997) Howard N. Potts Medal |
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| Fields | Organic chemistry |
| Institutions | DuPont |
Stephanie Louise Kwolek (July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014) was an American chemist. She invented poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide—better known as Kevlar.
She was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Kwolek won many awards for her work in polymer chemistry.
Kwolek died in Wilmington, Delaware from a short-illness, aged 90.
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Royal Society of Chemistry - Stephanie L Kwolek Award (2014)
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Kwolek in 1986