"Waldo Lonsbury Semon (September 10, 1898 \u2013 May 26, 1999) was an American inventor born in Demopolis, Alabama. He is credited with inventing methods for making polyvinyl chloride useful."@en . . . . "American inventor" . "1898-09-10Z"^^ . . "1999Z"^^ . "Waldo Semon"@en . . "1898Z"^^ . "1999-05-26Z"^^ . "Semon, Waldo"@en .