Шыны талшықтардың ойлап табушысы – Геймс Слейтер

Engineer and inventor

Games Slayter (9 December 1896 – 15 October 1964) was a prolific U. S. engineer and inventor. He is best known for developing fiberglass, starting with a new method of producing glass wool in 1933.

Slayter was born in Argos, Indiana as Russell Games Slayter. He dropped Russell early in his life. He graduated from Argos High School in 1914, and from Western Military Academy (Alton, Illinois) in 1915. At age 20 he married Maude Marie Foor (1917). He graduated from Purdue University in 1921 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. While at Purdue, Slayter marched tuba in the Purdue All American Marching Band. Slayter was a registered professional engineer in the state of Ohio.

Slayter joined Owens Illinois Glass Co. (Toledo, Ohio) in 1931, and began working on a commercial process for producing glass fibers. He first applied for a patent for a new process to make glass wool in 1933. In 1938 he was named Vice President, Research and Development, of the newly formed Owens Corning Fiberglas™ Corporation. He held that position until his retirement in December 1963. Slayter served on the Materials Advisory Board of the United States National Research Council, and consulted on industrial applications for NASA. He was also a member of the Board of Distinguished Consultants for the Ohio Society of Professional Engineers and the Advisory Counsel of the Patent, Trade Mark, and Copyright Foundation. Slayter served as Director of Park National Bank. He was a trustee of Denison University from 1959 until his death.

Slayter was a founding member of the Licking County Foundation Governing Committee. In 1961 the student union at Denison University was named Slayter Union in recognition of his $1 million gift. Slayter contributed to Newark, Ohio educational television station WGSF. He led a fundraising campaign for a new YMCA building in Newark, Ohio. Games and Marie Slayter donated $300,000 for the Slayter Center of Performing Arts at Purdue (1963).