Word: enterpreneur
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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American Chemical Association. Meeting in New York, the American Chemical Society elected to its presidency Dr. Leo Hendrik Baekeland, Chemical Enterpreneur and Honorary Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. Dr. Baekeland, a Belgian by birth, is an American by adoption. He is best known for his invention of "bakelite," the synthetic substitute for hard rubber and amber, widely used in pipe-stems, billiard balls, fountain pens...
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