Marion A. Trozzolo

Marion A. Trozzolo (1925 – June 30, 1992) was an innovator, inventor, entrepreneur, and professor of business at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri.

He was the first manufacturer of teflon coated cookware in the United States,[1] and was the developer of the Kansas City entertainment district River Quay.

Trozzolo moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1951 to pursue a career as a professor of business administration and economics at Rockhurst University.

In 1957 he founded Laboratory Plasticware Fabricators, producing plastic-coated scientific utensils, including a Teflon-coated magnetic stirring rod.

The name was selected because the area's northern boundary is the Missouri River and the district is the site of Westport Landing, a stopping place for explorers and settlers of the West.

Perhaps that is why River Quay's slogan became "A community in downtown Kansas City, rich in leisure, arts, craftsmanship and 19th century flavor."

During 1981 Trozzolo joined with Kansas City Star newspaper columnist Frederick Louis Richardson in developing a motion picture project based upon the mafia incursion into the River Quay.