Mills, Victor

Mills, Victor
▪ 1998

      American chemical engineer who, while working for the Procter & Gamble Co., revolutionized child care with the invention of the disposable diaper; he began work on that product in the 1950s, using his grandchildren as test subjects (b. 1897—d. Nov. 1, 1997).

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