Harold A. McMaster (July 20, 1916 – August 25, 2003) was an inventor with over 100 patents and entrepreneur who founded four companies. Fortune Magazine called him "The Glass Genius".[1] He also worked on developing commercial-scale solar cell technology and developed a new type of engine, the "McMaster Rotary Engine."
McMaster was an inventor early on. His father gave him a set of tools at age 6. By 8, he had built a set of farm machinery, by 10, a threshing machine that husked corn, and by 12 he was making car motors.[1]
Following his graduation from Ohio State with a combined master's degree in physics, mathematics, and astronomy in 1939, McMaster worked as the first research physicist ever employed by the Libbey Owens Ford Glass in Toledo, Ohio.[2] He received his first patent during World War 2 (WWII) for a periscope used by fighter pilots to see behind them.[3]
^ abHAROLD A. MCMASTER, 1916-2003: Inventor became philanthropist Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, obituary, Article published August 26, 2003, Toledo Blade
^The Founding Family, McMaster School for Advancing Humanity
^Harold McMaster Archived July 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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