Scientist, Inventor and Artist. After graduating from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1932, he spent the next 30 years working in the glass manufacturing industry first with Owens-Illinois and later the Johns-Manville Fiber Glass Corporation. He was the holder of many patents in the United States and abroad including several associated with the technology used in the United States Space Shuttle, Gemini and Apollo space programs to protect spacecraft from heat damage. In 1963 he established a studio and workshop outside of Grand Rapids, Ohio where he manipulated different chemical compounds in his glass formulas to produce a wide variety of artistic effects in the resulting hand-blown glass pieces. After retiring from his job as Vice President and Director of Research at Johns-Manville in 1965, he pursued a second career in glass art in which he developed and pioneered the use of small high-intensity ovens which gave artists the freedom to produce their own molten glass. In 1971 he was awarded The Governor's Award for the Art, State of Ohio, the Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award in 1972, the Steuben Phoenix Award in 1977 and the Rakow Award for Excellence in Glass by the Corning Museum of Glass in 1985. His glass art works are held in museums throughout the world including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 1992 the Grand Rapids Historical Society and Ohio Historical Society erected an historical marker in his honor in Grand Rapids, Ohio where he and his wife Libby resided.
Scientist, Inventor and Artist. After graduating from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1932, he spent the next 30 years working in the glass manufacturing industry first with Owens-Illinois and later the Johns-Manville Fiber Glass Corporation. He was the holder of many patents in the United States and abroad including several associated with the technology used in the United States Space Shuttle, Gemini and Apollo space programs to protect spacecraft from heat damage. In 1963 he established a studio and workshop outside of Grand Rapids, Ohio where he manipulated different chemical compounds in his glass formulas to produce a wide variety of artistic effects in the resulting hand-blown glass pieces. After retiring from his job as Vice President and Director of Research at Johns-Manville in 1965, he pursued a second career in glass art in which he developed and pioneered the use of small high-intensity ovens which gave artists the freedom to produce their own molten glass. In 1971 he was awarded The Governor's Award for the Art, State of Ohio, the Toledo Glass and Ceramic Award in 1972, the Steuben Phoenix Award in 1977 and the Rakow Award for Excellence in Glass by the Corning Museum of Glass in 1985. His glass art works are held in museums throughout the world including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. In 1992 the Grand Rapids Historical Society and Ohio Historical Society erected an historical marker in his honor in Grand Rapids, Ohio where he and his wife Libby resided.
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