David S. Breslow (August 13, 1916 – May 26, 1995) was an American industrial chemist best known for his work on polymers.

[4] He graduated from City College of New York in 1937 and subsequently earned a doctorate in organic chemistry from Duke University in 1940.

[2] He rose through the ranks, and in 1971, he was named senior research associate of the New Enterprise Department, the top technical position at the company.

[1] He helped develop catalysts for the chemical reactions that produce polyethylene and polypropylene, and worked on the stabilization of those materials, leading to a wide array of consumer plastics applications.

[5] Over the course of his career, he acquired 79 patents[2] and authored 90 scientific papers as well as a two-volume textbook on polymers.