Quotes by Leo Baekeland (November 14, 1863 - February 23, 1944)

Leo Baekeland Quotes - I also served on many government committees. - I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite. - In 1893 I founded a chemical company which I ran until 1899. - Then I was president of the Bakelite