Russell Games Slayter

Games Slayter (December 9 1896 – October 15 1964) was a prolific U.S. inventor best known for developing Fiberglass.

Born Russell Games Slayter in Argos, Indiana (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 University 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 Ohio State University in 1963.

Joined Owens-Illinois 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 United States National Research Council, was consultant on industrial applications for NASA, 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 Society of Glass Technology in England, The American Association for the Advancement of Science, The American Institute of Chemists, and the American Ceramics Society. Member of the American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Institute of Physics, Franklin Institute, and Professional Engineers Society, and a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.

Served as Director of Park National Bank.

He was a trustee of Denison University 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 Manufacturers in 1940.

Received the Longstreth Medal of Franklin Institute.

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 National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006.

Philanthropy

*In 1961 the student union at Denison University was named Slayter Union in recognition of his $1 million gift.
*Contributed to Newark, Ohio educational television station WGSF.
*Led fundraising for a new YMCA building in Newark, Ohio.
*In 1963, Games and Marie Slayter donated $300,000 for the Slayter Center of Performing Arts at Purdue.

Inventions & Patents

* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=0EMBAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2133235: Method & Apparatus for Making Glass Wool]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=jQVPAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2230272: Method of Producing Glass Fibers]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=D59pAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2175225: Method of Making Glass Wool]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=GOQWAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number RE21863: Method & Apparatus of Melting & Fining Glass]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=FphQAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2305500: Apparatus for Electrically Generating Pressures]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=9XFWAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2109258: Sealing Apparatus]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=8yRlAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2311613: Transparent Composite Materials]
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=_NlJAAAAEBAJ&dq=%22G.+Slayter%22 US Patent Number 2333213: Static Eliminator]

External links

* [http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/ Purdue Slayter Center of Performing Arts]