Leo Gerstenzang

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Leo Gerstenzang (?-) was a Polish-American who in 1923 invented the cotton swab or Q-Tips®. His product, which he named "Baby Gays", went on to become the most widely-sold brand name, "Q-tip", where Q stood for quality. There are many anecdotes about how Mr. Gerstenzang came to create this invention. One goes like this:

One day in 1923, Leo Gerstenzang found himself watching his wife applying cotton wads to toothpicks in an attempt to reach hard-to-clean areas. Gerstenzang, inspired, soon produced a one-piece cotton swab.

The science quad at Brandeis University is named after Gerstenzang, who donated the funding for its construction.


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