Chinese Immigrant, DuPont Chemist's Contribution Remembered

By KRYS'TAL GRIFFIN, News Journal

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) A Chinese immigrant and chemist who played a role in the 1960s developing noise reduction technology at the DuPont Experimental Station was honored at a recent ceremony at the DuPont site.

A conference center was named for Theodore Ted P. Yin, who worked at the company in the 1960s with his wife, Fay Hoh Yin. DuPont officials recognized their achievements, along with those of all employees of Asian descent who have contributed to DuPont over the years.

Ted Yin was a physical chemist at DuPont in the Elastomers Department from 1960 to 1969 and is widely remembered for his role in developing Noise, Vibration and Harshness (NVH) Reduction. This technology is still used today all around the world and can be found in things like dishwashers in homes, railroad car wheels or engines in cars.

Ted died in 1970 at the age of 39, leaving behind his two children, Monona and Duncan, along with his wife and mother, Florence.

Fay was a DuPont biochemist who conducted research on the rhinoviruses from 1966 until her retirement in 1991. She outlived her husband by 50 years and died in 2020.