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Eugene Sullivan
PYREX® Brand Cookware
Eugene C. Sullivan left the U.S. Geological Survey and came to Corning where he founded the Corning Glass Works' research lab in 1908. With degrees…
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S. Donald Stookey
Glass Ceramics
Donald Stookey invented glass ceramics, materials that embodied important advances in glass technology and led to the popular CorningWare line of…
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J. Franklin Hyde
Transparent Silica
J. Franklin Hyde was with Corning Glass when he discovered a way to create a pure glass called fused silica. He was also a forerunner in developing…
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Pushkar Tandon
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Pushkar Tandon, Dana Bookbinder and Ming-Jun Li invented ClearCurve® optical fiber, a bend-insensitive optical fiber capable of bending without…
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Ming-Jun Li
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
In 2004, experiments with new types of optical fiber led Corning Incorporated researchers Ming-Jun Li, Dana Bookbinder and Pushkar Tandon to develop…
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Dale Kleist
Fiberglass
An accidental discovery made by Dale Kleist was the crucial breakthrough needed for manufacturing insulation-quality glass fibers in commercial…
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Rodney D. Bagley
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Rodney Bagley was on the Corning team that created the ceramic substrate inside catalytic converters. His work was instrumental in allowing the…
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Irwin M. Lachman
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Working at Corning, Irwin Lachman co-invented the ceramic substrate found in virtually all catalytic converters. Catalytic converters provide cleaner…
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Robert D. Maurer
Optical Fiber
Corning Glass researchers Robert D. Maurer, Donald Keck, and Peter Schultz developed fiber-optic wire, capable of carrying thousands of times more…
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Dana Bookbinder
Bend-Insensitive Optical Fiber
Corning Incorporated researchers Dana Bookbinder, Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon invented and developed the bend-insensitive ClearCurve® optical…
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John H. Thomas
Fiberglass
Jack Thomas, Dale Kleist, and Games Slayter invented the process for making glass fiber insulation in commercial quantities. Fiberglass insulation is…
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Games Slayter
Fiberglass
In the 1930s, Games Slayter, the driving force behind Owens Corning technology and innovation, envisioned a glass fiber material that was lighter and…
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Donald B. Keck
Optical Fiber
Donald B. Keck worked with Robert Maurer and Peter Schultz at Corning Laboratories to create the first successful optical fiber in 1970. In the 1880s…
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Ronald M. Lewis
Ceramic Substrate in Catalytic Converters
Ronald Lewis is co-inventor of the ceramic substrate found in catalytic converters, the device used on cars to reduce pollutants into harmless…
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Peter C. Schultz
Optical Fiber
Fiber optics have become an integral part of our world since Peter C. Schultz, Robert Maurer, and Donald Keck found a way to produce an efficient…