Games Slayter (December 9 1896 – October 15 1964) was a prolific U.S.
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best known for developing
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.
Born
Russell Games Slayter in
Argos, IndianaArgos is a town in Green and Walnut townships, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,613 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Argos is located at ....
(he dropped the first name "Russell" early in life), he married Maude Marie Foor in 1917. Graduated Argos High School in 1914 and from Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, in 1915. He graduated from
Purdue UniversityPurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six campuses within the Purdue University System...
in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering.
Games Slayter (December 9 1896 – October 15 1964) was a prolific U.S.
inventorAn inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find...
best known for developing
FiberglassFiberglass, , is material made from extremely fine fibers of glass. It is used as a reinforcing agent for many polymer products; the resulting composite material, properly known as fiber-reinforced polymer or glass-reinforced plastic , is called "fiberglass" in popular usage...
.
Born
Russell Games Slayter in
Argos, IndianaArgos is a town in Green and Walnut townships, Marshall County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,613 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Argos is located at ....
(he dropped the first name "Russell" early in life), he married Maude Marie Foor in 1917. Graduated Argos High School in 1914 and from Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, in 1915. He graduated from
Purdue UniversityPurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six campuses within the Purdue University System...
in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering. Presented with honorary doctorate in engineering from Purdue University in 1949. Received honorary Doctor of Science from the
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in 1963.
Joined
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Glass company, Toledo, Ohio, in 1931 to begin work on a commercial process for producing glass fibers. Slayter was named the vice-president, Research and Development of the newly formed Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation in 1938 and held position until retirement in December, 1963.
On September 29, 1961, the Granville Technical Center (renamed Science and Technology Center, 1992) was dedicated to Games Slayter, to honor his more than 30 years of contributions to the glass fiber industry, from its inception in the early part of the century.
Served on the Materials Advisory Board for the
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, was consultant on industrial applications for
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, a member of the Board of Distinguished Consultants for the Ohio Society for Professional Engineers and the Advisory Counsel of the Patent, Trade Mark, and Copyright Foundation.
Dr. Slayter was a Fellow of the
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in England, The
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, The American Institute of Chemists, and the American Ceramics Society. Member of the
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,
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,
American Institute of PhysicsThe American Institute of Physics is an international body representing physicists and publishing physics related journals. It was founded in 1931....
,
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, and Professional Engineers Society, and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.
Served as Director of
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.
He was a trustee of
Denison UniversityDenison University is a private, residential liberal arts and sciences college in Granville, Ohio, approximately 30 miles east of Columbus. Denison was founded in 1831. As of June 2009 its enrollment is 2,242 students...
from 1959 until his death in 1964.
Awards
Received the Quarter Century Citation award from the National Academy of Sciences.
Received the Modern Pioneer Award from the
National Association of ManufacturersThe National Association of Manufacturers is a lobbying group founded in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1895. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. with 11 additional offices across the country...
in 1940.
Received the Longstreth Medal of
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.
Decorated with the Industrial Research Institute Medal in 1948.
Given the Ohio Award of the American Institute of Chemistry in 1953.
Inducted, post-humously, into the
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in 2006.
Philanthropy
- In 1961 the student union at Denison University
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was named Slayter Union in recognition of his $1 million gift.
- Contributed to Newark, Ohio
Newark is a city in and the county seat of Licking County, Ohio, United States, 33 miles east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. In 1890, 14,270 people lived in Newark, Ohio; in 1900, 18,157; in 1910, 25,404; in 1920, 27,718; and in 1940, 31,487...
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WGSF.
- Led fundraising
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for a new YMCAThe Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide movement of more than 45 million members from 124 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs....
building in Newark, OhioNewark is a city in and the county seat of Licking County, Ohio, United States, 33 miles east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. In 1890, 14,270 people lived in Newark, Ohio; in 1900, 18,157; in 1910, 25,404; in 1920, 27,718; and in 1940, 31,487...
.
- In 1963, Games and Marie Slayter donated $300,000 for the Slayter Center of Performing Arts
The Slayter Center of Performing Arts is located on the main campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. It is an outdoor concert bandshell completed in 1964 and dedicated May 1, 1965. The facility was a gift from Games Slayter and his wife Marie....
at Purdue.
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