Honors and Awards
On 29 September 1961, the Granville Technical Center (renamed Science and Technology Center in 1992) was dedicated to Games Slayter, to honor his more than 30 years of contributions to the glass fiber industry.
Slayter was a Fellow or Member of:
- Society of Glass Technology (England)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Institute of Chemists, the American Ceramics Society
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Institute of Physics
- Franklin Institute
- Professional Engineers Society
He received the Quarter Century Citation award from the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Modern Pioneer Award from the National Association of Manufacturers (1940). He received the Longstreth Medal of Franklin Institute. He was decorated with the Industrial Research Institute (IRI) Medal (1948). He received the Ohio Award of the American Institute of Chemistry (1953).
Slayter was given an honorary doctorate in engineering from Purdue University (1949). He received an honorary Doctor of Science from Ohio State University (1963).
Slayter received a posthumous induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (2006).
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