derrick nauflett

  • African-American Chemist, Inventor Dies in Md. House Fire

    A famed African-American chemist and inventor died Friday in a fire at his Oxon Hill, Md., home, the Washington Post reports. George Nauflett, 84, earned more than two dozen patents for his inventions while working in a U.S. Navy government laboratory for more than four decades. His son, Derrick Nauflett, told the Post in an interview…