May 23, 1994: Died:Roy Plunkett TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1994 May 23, 1994 Cosmic Crash
Time Magazine MILESTONES, Page 23

DIED. ROY PLUNKETT, 83, DuPont chemist credited with discovering polytetrafluoroethylene resin, better known as Teflon; in Corpus Christi, Texas.