Dominic labino biography
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Dominick Labino
Scientist, uppfinnare, artist and master craftsman in glass (–)
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| Born | December 4, Fairmount City, Pennsylvania |
| Died | January 10, &#;() (aged&#;76) Grand Rapids, Ohio |
| Nationality | U.S. citizen |
| Occupation(s) | Glass researcher and forskare, fine artist |
| Known&#;for | Research and development of industrial glass and glass art |
Dominick Labino (December 4, – January 10, ) was an American internationally known scientist, uppfinnare, artist and master craftsman in glass. Labino's art works in glass are in the permanent collections of more than museums throughout the world. Labino held over 60 glass-oriented patents in the United States.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Dominick Labino was trained as an engineer at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began his professional career at Owens-Illinois, Inc., a glass manufacturing plant in Clarion, Pennsylvania.
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One of the leading glass craftsmen in the United States, Dominick Labino, was also one of the most knowledgeable and innovative technicians in the field as well as a tireless and resourceful researcher into the mysterious and challenging properties of glass. Born in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, December 4, , he was educated at the Allegheny Vocational High School and Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh, and at the Toledo Museum of Art, School of Design in Toledo, Ohio. His association with glass in industry covered a period of forty years and included the research and development of glass compositions, processes, and the machines for the forming of glass fibers, glass papers, and furnace design. He held sixty patents in the United States and hundreds in foreign countries. Three of his developments for glass fibers having to do with insulation against extremes in temperature were used in the Apollo and Gemini spacecraft. He wrote nume
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Art Brokerage: Dominick Labino American Glass Artist: Dominick Labino was trained as an engineer at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began his professional career at Owens-Illinois, Inc., a glass manufacturing plant in Clarion, Pennsylvania. In , Dominick left Owens-Illinois to pursue the fiber glass industry with long-time business partner and Executive VP of I-O, Randolph H Barnard. Randolph formed Glass Fibers, Inc. in Toledo, Labino was the head of Research and Development. In , Johns-Manville acquired Glass Fibers, Inc., creating Johns-Manville's modern fiber glass division. Labino stayed on as Vice President and Director of Research and development until his retirement in Labino continued to serve as a research consultant until Labino was an innovator in the processes and machines used in forming glass fibers. Three of his inventions employing fiberglass were used in the Gemini and Apollo spacecraft to ins