"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> S. Donald Stookey is no household name, but his best-known invention
> truly is: CorningWare, the durable, heat-resistant ceramic glass used
> since the 1950s to make millions upon millions of baked lasagnas, tuna
> casseroles and other potluck-dinner dishes. The scientist, who died
> Tuesday at 99, created a type of glass so strong that the military
> used it in guided missile nose cones. His space-age material found a
> home in most American kitchens in the form of white dishes decorated
> with small blue flowers. Stanley Donald Stookey died at an
> assisted-living center in Rochester, New York, said his son Donald
> Stookey. He said his father broke a hip in a fall a few months ago and
> underwent surgery, but his health deteriorated. "He was one of the
> great glass scientists in the history of the world," said Steve
> Feller, a physics professor at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
> where Stookey earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry and
> mathematics and remained active in alumni activities. "Virtually
> everyone has had CorningWare at some point in time, and there were all
> sorts of spinoff applications from his fantastic work."
>
> Stookey was born in Hay Springs, Nebraska, on May 23, 1915. His family
> moved from Nebraska to Cedar Rapids when he was 6. He graduated from
> Coe College in 1936 before earning a master's degree in chemistry from
> Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, followed by the MIT
> doctorate.

Makes you wonder what his casket will be made of. R.I.P.